Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 2024 – Daniel J West has taken on a new role as Chief People Officer at Mozn, a leader in Gen AI and financial risk management AI. Daniel will work closely with the founder team to unify the lessons of his corporate HR career with his entrepreneurial journey, aiming to nurture Mozn’s culture of innovation and excellence.
Daniel J West joins Mozn from Panalyt, where he served as Founder & CEO for approximately 6 years and 10 months. During his tenure, he led the company from inception to a successful Series A, providing actionable people analytics to managers.
Before Panalyt, Daniel was Senior Director, Head of Human Resources, International / APAC at Uber for about 1 year and 8 months. He was the first strategic HR hire outside the US, driving the APAC team from around 100 to over 2,500 staff across 17 countries and the EMEA organization to over 2,000 staff across 15 countries.
Daniel also held roles at Noble Group for approximately 4 years and 8 months, including SVP, Group Head of Human Resources for 2 years and 1 month, and Global Head of HR, Hard Commodities, Group Head of HR Technology for 2 years and 8 months. He was responsible for Group HR strategy and delivery for the $94B business, with over 17,000 employees.
His earlier experience includes VP, Head of Human Resources & General Affairs at Hudson Advisors for around 1 year and 5 months, HR Director; US Sales, Canada & Latin America, WW Online Store, Global Mobility at Apple for approximately 1 year, and various roles at Morgan Stanley for about 3 years.
Daniel also founded the people idea, a boutique consulting firm providing interim and fractional HR leadership and strategic and tactical HR support, where he has been Founder, CEO for approximately 7 years and 11 months.
Mozn is the market leader in Enterprise AI Software focused on Language and Finance Intelligence. Mozn’s mission is to empower organizations in making critical decisions through world-class SaaS products built on cutting-edge R&D and intelligence engines. Their flagship products include FOCAL, a state-of-the-art AML compliance and anti-fraud product for screening and monitoring customers, and OSOS, a cutting-edge text intelligence suite focused on emerging market languages.
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