Fintech leaders Nivo appoints sales director ahead of exciting industry-changing initiatives

Leading fintech innovator Nivo has appointed Damon Williams to the new role of director of sales as it prepares a series of exciting initiatives that it believes will transform the industries its technology serves.

Nivo has established a strong reputation in the mortgage, bridging and asset finance sectors for creating and delivering apps and solutions for financial services including Pepper Money, United Trust Bank and Ocean Finance. Nivo offers easily integrated solutions that manage and accelerate tasks such as external identity verification using facial recognition, e-signing, secure messaging and document transfer.

Damon Williams joined Nivo in January 2023 and has over a decade of experience working in the technology sector with companies including Tesla, LivePerson and most recently as Head of Sales for Safety Culture, a global technology company developing innovative apps and tools for the health and safety industry. During his 5 years at Safety Culture, Damon played a key role in building sales from around £6m annually to over £100m.

Nivo already has over 50,000 monthly users and announced in December 2022 that it had received a further £1m investment in the business from The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund by Maven Equity Finance and existing investors Barclays. Nivo plans to use the cash injection to hire across its product, marketing, customer and sales divisions, with Damon the company’s first deal since securing the investment.

Damon’s team currently consists of Zach Thomas, Ash Higson and Laura McShane, but Damon will look to expand the team further as Nivo launches a number of exciting initiatives aimed at transforming the way businesses act and communicate with their customers and third parties.

Welcoming Damon to Nivo, Michael Common, CEO, said: “This is a very exciting time for Nivo and I am delighted to have Damon on board to drive and deliver our sales strategy. Damon has a strong track record of success in the technology sector and I am confident that he will play a key role in Nivo’s continued success story.”

On joining Nivo, Damon Williams said: “I have joined Nivo because the impact it has is enormous. Nivo provides financial companies with their own integrated apps within three weeks, delivering 5-star reviews and removing a huge amount of paperwork, which is good for efficiency and the environment! It is an outstanding product and service that has gained many fans in a short time. I love working closely with customers, discovering their pain points, delivering solutions and driving revenue growth. Now we have shown that Nivo transforms businesses, our goal this year is to transform an entire industry.”