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K1x, a tax automation solutions provider specializing in the Form K-1, announced the appointments of Ken Powell as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chris Capko as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Together, Powell and Capko have spent decades working in the markets K1x serves, including leadership careers at ADP, bringing complementary experience across operations, commercial leadership and enterprise technology. Powell will transition from Chief Revenue Officer to Chief Operating Officer, where he will lead the product and partner strategy, as well as the operational capabilities that support continued growth at K1x. He brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across enterprise software and financial technology, including leadership roles at leading technology companies serving the accounting, private equity and financial services markets. As Chief Revenue Officer, Capko will lead K1’s commercial organization, bringing together sales, customer success, account management and marketing to create a more unified customer experience and accelerate the company’s continued growth. He brings more than two decades of commercial leadership experience across enterprise SaaS, including leadership roles at ADP where he worked closely with private equity firms and their portfolio companies. … QX Global Group, a knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) company announced the appointment of Vijay Pahuja as Group Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Pom Chakravarti, who has led QX as Chief Executive Officer since 2024, will continue to serve on the QX Global Board and as a Senior Executive focused on strategic client relationships. Vijay brings more than 25 years of experience building and scaling service-led businesses at the intersection of deep domain expertise and AI-led transformation. He joins QX from Sutherland Global Services, where he led a portfolio of business verticals across financial services and insurance and built the insurance vertical into a market leader, pioneering agentic AI delivery at scale. Earlier, in senior leadership roles at WNS, Cognizant and IBM, he scaled global revenues multi-fold and built global delivery businesses spanning financial services, insurance and enterprise services. …  Top 10 firm Grant Thornton has expanded its technology leadership team with recent additions, including Salman Taherian as head of AI, Tom Coulis as head of transformation and Justin Corona as chief technology officer (CTO). They join Alpa Lally, chief product officer, who joined the firm in late 2025. Taherian joins Grant Thornton with nearly 20 years of experience translating AI strategy into measurable business outcomes. As head of AI, he is responsible for leading the firm’s enterprise-wide AI strategy and execution across its service lines, ensuring AI is embedded into how the firm operates and serves clients. Coulis joins the firm as head of transformation, where he leads firmwide technology adoption and change management initiatives that support Grant Thornton’s ongoing modernization and growth. In this role, he focuses on a people-centered, value-driven approach to change that enhances client delivery, strengthens internal capabilities and enables sustainable, long-term impact… Small business accounting platform Xero confirmed that Rick Carragher, chief technology officer, has announced his resignation. Xero also confirmed that Madhuri Dhulipala will join Xero as SVP of Engineering, Payments and AI Transformation.