Hubert Behaghel is chief technology officer of Veriff. He was appointed in January 2024 to lead engineering strategy, with a focus on enabling teams and shipping identity-verification products that stay ahead of fraud.
Engineering leadership
Before the CTO role he held managerial positions in engineering and software development at Amazon and both hands-on and team leadership posts at Sky. Veriff's appointment note also points to experience that prepared him to keep products agile and scalable as identity fraud grew more sophisticated. Public summaries of his career additionally mention Marks & Spencer and Typeform among earlier engineering chapters.
Technology at Veriff
As CTO he partners with chief product officer Suvrat Joshi on customer-facing IDV innovation while founder Kaarel Kotkas sets company direction. The January 2024 announcement framed his promotion as part of meeting rising demand for AI-powered verification after Veriff's fraud report showed overall incidents up 20% year over year.