Vertex names Chatelle Lynch chief people officer in leadership expansion

Carlos Mercuriali was appointed senior vice president and regional manager for Europe to run regional strategy, customer relationships, partnerships and go-to-market execution.

Mercuriali was previously senior vice president and general manager international at Avalara, and has experience in enterprise SaaS, tax compliance technology and cloud software.

Bala Chandran was named chief product and technology officer to lead product, engineering, information security and emerging technology tied to Vertex's SaaS, AI-first push.

Chandran previously led technology and AI roles at Amazon and Oracle, and most recently served as senior vice president at Oracle Health.

Vertex named Chatelle Lynch chief people officer to lead its global people and culture strategy as the company scales.

Lynch previously served as chief people officer at The RealReal and McAfee.