MindBridge names Maziarz Chief Product & Marketing Officer

MindBridge has appointed Mike Maziarz as Chief Product and Marketing Officer and expanded Chief Technology Officer Rachel Kirkham's remit.

Maziarz will oversee product strategy and marketing across the group's enterprise and audit portfolios. Kirkham will now lead AI, engineering and cloud operations alongside her existing technology responsibilities.

The changes come as organisations adopt more automation in finance functions and audit firms seek broader use of AI in oversight and assurance. Demand is rising for tools that help businesses govern financial processes as those processes become more automated.

Chief Executive Officer Les Rechan said the leadership changes are intended to sharpen MindBridge's customer focus and speed execution across its platform.

"This new leadership formation establishes a laser focus on our customers," Rechan said. "As AI reshapes financial operations, businesses and audit firms need new ways to maintain governance, trust, and confidence. Mike and Rachel will help us accelerate execution, strengthen our platform, and deliver even greater value to our customers."

Maziarz's appointment puts product and marketing under a single executive as MindBridge develops software for finance teams and audit professionals. His remit includes Financial Close Oversight, Spend Integrity Oversight and Augmented Assurance across the company's enterprise and audit offerings.

Businesses are under pressure to maintain oversight as automated processes take on a larger role in financial workflows. That has increased demand for systems that can review transactions at scale, flag potential issues and support governance in finance and audit functions.

Maziarz said the market is shifting quickly as automation becomes more common across finance operations.

"Organisations are rapidly adopting automation across financial workflows, creating both new opportunities and new responsibilities for financial oversight," Maziarz said. "MindBridge has spent the last decade building the platform to meet this moment, and I'm excited to accelerate our product strategy to help organisations govern increasingly autonomous financial operations while helping audit firms identify risks earlier, focus audit effort where it matters most, and modernise how they deliver assurance."

Wider remit

Kirkham's expanded remit brings several technical functions under a single executive structure. She will oversee technology strategy, engineering execution, platform architecture and AI, while continuing to scale the engineering organisation.

The move reflects a broader trend among AI-focused software companies to integrate product development, infrastructure and model deployment more closely as customers seek systems suited to regulated and risk-sensitive settings. In finance and audit, that often means placing greater emphasis on governance, explainability and operational control.

MindBridge positions its software as an oversight layer for finance leaders, internal audit teams and audit firms. Its platform is used worldwide to analyse transactions, detect risk earlier and support financial integrity in environments where AI and automation are becoming more common.

Kirkham said the company's technical teams are working on the underlying platform used across both corporate finance and audit applications.

"The opportunity to continue advancing MindBridge's technology platform while delivering trusted AI for our customers is incredibly exciting," Kirkham said. "Our teams build the platform that powers both Autonomous Financial Oversight and Augmented Assurance, giving businesses and audit firms the trusted oversight they need."

Market pressure

The leadership changes reflect a broader shift in the finance technology market, where software suppliers are trying to respond to growing interest in AI tools without losing sight of control and accountability. As more companies automate parts of financial close, transaction review and internal controls, technology vendors must show that oversight can keep pace.

Audit firms face a related challenge. They are under pressure to review larger volumes of data, identify unusual patterns earlier and direct staff attention to higher-risk areas. Suppliers in this segment increasingly argue that full-population analysis and AI-assisted review can support that process, particularly as clients generate more data across interconnected financial systems.

MindBridge said businesses need independent oversight as finance operations become more autonomous, while audit firms need new approaches to risk identification and more consistent, data-driven assurance. It added that its platform is intended to help users move beyond sampling and strengthen controls in financial environments shaped by automation and AI.