Executive leadership team
The leadership team at Cennox have built a global company who are delivering real change for our customers, continue to drive innovation across sectors and building an internal culture where staff feel they contribute towards our future growth.
Harish Nataraj
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Harish Nataraj is Interim Chief Executive Officer, at the Cennox Group. Harish has been working within the leadership team at Cennox for the past 4 years, supporting them in building the industry leading services and product portfolios relied on by our customers worldwide and across sectors. Harish has also been instrumental in facilitating additional growth and business expansion through the strategic acquisitions completed throughout that time.
Mychal Kempt
Chief Revenue Officer
Mychal D. Kempt was named Chief Strategy Officer at Cennox in May of 2021, after Cennox acquired Bancsource. Cennox is a Global Technology services platform company serving a diverse set of end markets including Financial Institutions, Retail, Electronics Security & Infrastructure. In his role, Kempt is responsible for setting and driving inorganic and organic growth strategies of the company. Kempt also has responsibility for the US revenue plan at Cennox. Looking for adjacent end markets to continue to diversify the platform while leveraging synergistic cross sell opportunities with Cennox core services.
Chetan Patil
Chief Service Delivery Officer
Chetan joined the Cennox Group in 2013. He started within our company as UK Operations Director and Joint Managing Director in Europe. In 2020, he was appointed Managing Director of Cennox Europe. With two decades of experience within the global ATM / Payment industries, Chetan will be helping clients to optimise their services portfolio and reduce the operating and transaction cost of their payment channel
Ron van Veenendaal
Chief Technology Officer
Ron has been the Chief Innovation Officer at Cennox since May 2022 and responsible for the development of our portfolio of Lincsafe branded cash automation solutions. Cennox now employs 1700+ professionals in US, UK and Europe. Before this he was Managing director of Merlin Technology since 1998. Merlin is is the market leader in the Netherlands for custom made solutions for payments and cash handling. Ron is the Founder/owner of Lincsafe BV, a company that develops, produces, sells and maintains intelligent deposit solutions for retailers and CIT. Lincsafe is active in 20+ countries mainly in Europe.
Michael Goggans
Chief Legal Officer
Established General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Privacy Law Attorney, and Litigator with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in IP, CIPP/US certification, and 20+ years of documented success in the areas of business, data privacy, trademark, and contract laws, as well as complex litigation and litigation management. Recognized legal professional, strategic leader, and executive board member with extensive experience in leadership roles within large civil defense firms, private companies, government offices, non-profit organizations, and smaller entities. Track record of conducting effective negotiations and employing remarkable interpersonal and communication skills to cultivate and maintain productive relationships to achieve record results. Skilled in compliance, risk management, ethics, IP audits, licensing, brand management, and IP protection.
Nick Armstrong
Chief Projects Officer
Nick Armstrong joined Cennox in 2014 as the Director of ATM Division, following the successful acquisition of PSSI, a Project Management, Electronic Security and Installation company. Nick has successfully developed as an organizational leader within the Cennox team, moving into a Senior Vice President position. Nick’s past experience in Project Management, Director of ATM Division and Managing Director enable him to lead the Projects Division to further expand our full services and products to our customers across the United States.