Kroll appoints new COO Jennifer Huntington

Global risk and financial advisory solutions firm Kroll has appointed Jennifer Huntington as chief operating officer. She will work to oversee Kroll’s global business operations and technology function to drive greater consistency, discipline, and operational excellence.

“As we strengthen our team of global leaders, we are laying a strong foundation to ensure our organisation can deliver at the highest levels for our clients and maximise results,” said Jacob Silverman, Chief Executive Officer of Kroll. “We are excited to welcome Jennifer to Kroll and to our executive leadership team, and I look forward to working with her as we reach new heights across our business.”

Huntington joins Kroll with more than two decades of experience leading global business operations for organizations across the professional services and technology industries. Most recently, she served as the director of business services and modernisation at Amazon Web Services (AWS). During her time there, where she was responsible for the strategy, operations and systems for the AWS Professional Services business, ProServe.

Prior to AWS, Huntington served as the chief operating officer for the Americas at Genpact, where she led strategy and transformation efforts for the company’s delivery operations. She also held several senior leadership roles at SAP, where she drove global business operations, new product launches, large enterprise go-to-market programming and mergers and acquisition integration. 

At Kroll, Huntington will oversee the firm’s global business operations and technology function to drive greater consistency, discipline and operational excellence across the firm’s professional and corporate shared service capabilities. She will also support Kroll’s growth strategy.

Speaking on her new role, Huntington added, “Kroll is a forward-thinking organization with a strong emphasis on values and innovation, and a stellar reputation for delivering exceptional results on behalf of its clients. I look forward to working with our talented and collaborative teams to drive Kroll’s continued success by focusing on operational excellence across the firm’s professional and corporate functions.”