Christopher Pennington Joins SteelEye as Chief Revenue Officer

SteelEye​, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, announced today the appointment of Christopher Pennington as Chief Revenue Officer, to strengthen the firm's customer engagement and commercial functions as it continues to scale globally.

Christopher boasts 30 years of experience helping enterprise customers embrace cultural and technological diversity. He joined SteelEye from Capitolis, where he worked as Executive Vice President - Global Sales. His multiple senior roles included Vice President of Global Account Sales at Palo Alto Networks, Vice President, Watson and Cloud Platform at IBM, and Managing Director Google Cloud at Google. In addition, Christopher has served Microsoft for more than a decade.

In his new role, Christopher will report to SteelEye's CEO, Matt Smith, and will join the firm's executive team.

Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye, commented, "The SteelEye executive management team encompasses an abundance of specialist RegTech and financial services expertise, crucial to our success to date. Christopher's experience and achievements with several Big Tech firms will be invaluable as we now seek to drive revenue growth. I am delighted to have secured someone of his caliber."

Christopher added, "I am incredibly excited to be joining SteelEye at this critical point, as the firm expands in the US and eyes growth opportunities in APAC and beyond. Under the leadership of Matt Smith and the management team, SteelEye has established an enviably strong position in the industry, as evidenced by its success to date. I look forward to leading and driving SteelEye's next phase of growth."