Peter Daffern Joins Cognism as a Non-executive Director

Cognism, the world’s leading all-in-one globally compliant prospecting solution, today announced that Peter Daffern joined the company as a non-executive director, effective from 1st December 2019.

For the last 30 years, Daffern has held leadership positions at successful software companies across the US and UK, including President EMEA at NetSuite.

His most recent role was CEO of Foresee, the customer experience measurement platform. In addition to serving on a number of boards, including Amplience, JRNI, and SyncHR, Daffern is an Operating Partner at Vitruvian Partners, Peakspan Capital and is a Venture Partner at Octopus Ventures.

Speaking about his appointment, Daffern said:

“With innovative products at its heart and ambitious future growth plans, Cognism is a truly exciting company to be involved with. The business is already the world’s leading all-in-one globally compliant prospecting solution and the market-leading provider of GDPR-compliant European data; the potential is there for Cognism to grow even further, expanding both its product offering and the territories it operates in. I am delighted to join the Cognism board and work closely with James Isilay and his team to help them achieve success.”

James Isilay, Cognism’s CEO, said:

“Cognism’s growth over the last two years has been nothing short of spectacular, thanks to our focus on supplying our clients with high-quality, GDPR-compliant B2B data and the tools required to action it. As we move into 2020 and beyond, our goal is to optimise and enhance the Cognism platform. We want to provide customers with a solution designed to supercharge prospecting, increase response rates and help businesses find and deliver new revenue, faster. The appointment of Peter Daffern will help us realise those ambitions. I couldn’t be happier to welcome Peter to the Cognism board and I look forward to working with him as we expand the world’s leading all-in-one globally compliant prospecting solution to new markets and customers.”

About Cognism

Cognism is the world’s leading all-in-one globally compliant prospecting solution. Powered by patented AI technology, it provides organisations with compliant B2B data and a suite of sales acceleration tools to help action it. Cognism enables its worldwide business customers to find and deliver new revenue, faster.

Cognism is trusted by over 400 clients across sales, marketing, recruitment, events and technology. Google, Amazon Shipping, Clifford Chance and Frost & Sullivan are just some of the world-famous brands who benefit from Cognism’s leading all-in-one prospecting solution.