Confirm appoints Adam Thompson as Chief Executive Officer to lead next growth chapter. Benoit de la Tour transitions to a Non-Executive Board role following a two-year transformation of the company's strategy, portfolio, positioning and brand. Tourism Industry News Online has a strong foundation to build on, and I look forward to working with its customers, employees and partners to accelerate Confirm's growth and deliver market-leading solutions." - Adam Thompson, new CEO of Confirm DERRY, LONDONDERRY, UNITED KINGDOM, September 2, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / - Confirm today announced that Chief Product Officer Adam Thompson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Adam Thompson succeeds Benoit de la Tour, who transitions to a Non-Executive Board role following two years leading a significant transformation of the company's strategy, portfolio, positioning, and brand. Under Benoit's leadership, Confirm has undergone a fundamental transformation, including the integration of four acquisitions, the repositioning of the company around Workforce Enablement, the evolution of its portfolio and ICP, and the launch of the Confirm brand. The company is now positioned as a leader in Workforce Enablement for frontline workers and scale-ups. Over the past 12 months, Adam has played a leading role in shaping the company's product strategy and broader strategic direction. His appointment brings continuity to the strategy while drawing on his previous experience as a company founder and CEO. "Over the last two years, we have undertaken a deep transformation of the business - repositioning our strategy, portfolio, target market and brand to establish Confirm as a leader in Workforce Enablement," said Benoit de la Tour. "I am proud of what the team has accomplished and of the strong foundation Tourism Industry News Online has built for the future. With the company now entering its next phase of growth, this is the right moment for a leadership transition. "Adam has demonstrated exceptional leadership and strategic clarity over the past year, and I am confident he is the right person to lead Confirm into its next chapter. I look forward to supporting Adam and the team from the Board." "I am thrilled to step into the CEO role at such an exciting juncture for Confirm," said Adam Thompson, incoming CEO. "Having led its product strategy over the past 12 months, and drawing on my previous experience as a founder and CEO in HR tech, I see an enormous opportunity ahead. There are 2.7 billion frontline workers who remain underserved by HR technology, and its ambition is to give every one of them greater opportunity to learn, develop and grow. "We have a strong foundation to build on, and I look forward to working with our customers, employees and partners to accelerate Confirm's growth and deliver market-leading solutions for frontline teams and scale-ups." About Confirm Confirm defines the future of workforce enablement - connecting the dots between learning, engagement, performance, and compliance to help organizations unlock workforce potential. Built on 20 years of global experience, its Workforce Enablement System gives leaders the clarity to understand capability, close gaps, and turn workforce insight into action. Trusted by leading global brands including IHG, Bosch, Siemens, Nissan, Canva, and Reddit, Confirm helps build the workforce capability needed to perform today and adapt for tomorrow. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Derry, Northern Ireland, Confirm has offices across the UK and North America and employs 425+ people worldwide. Rebecca Hall Confirm 02071019383 email Tourism Industry News Online here Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. Tourism Industry News Online do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.

Learning Pool has rebranded as Confirm and launched its Workforce Enablement System (WES), a platform connecting learning, engagement, performance, and compliance functions. The Derry-based company, founded in 2006, employs over 425 people globally. The WES aims to address fragmented workforce systems by unifying data from training, employee engagement, performance management, and compliance tracking. Chief executive Benoit de la Tour said the system provides leaders with visibility into capability gaps and workforce performance. The platform builds on 20 years of experience supporting organisations including IHG, Bosch, Coca-Cola, Siemens, Nissan, Canva, and Reddit. Confirm maintains offices across the UK and North America. Existing customers will continue receiving the same products and support under the new brand identity.

May 2026: European HRTech investment update - M&A. Here comes the update for M&A activity in April 2026 - a bit delayed due to my stay at Acadian Ventures Summit in sunny San Diego. Whilst the discussions in WorkTech and B2B SaaS continues to focus on the impact of AI on the SaaS business model and B2B SaaS valuations in general, this does not put M&A to a hold but actually speeds up consolidation and in several areas at the moment. A dominant theme across deals worth flagging are the continued build-up of - oftentimes also PE-backed - platforms with AI-native add-ons. These result in a strong combination of existing customer and market access from platforms (still hard to crack for AI-first startups) with more advanced AI product capabilities from early-stage ventures (often also hard to do in existing platform cultures). Here is the summary for what happened in May 2026: HRTech Transactions: Xait (🇳🇴) backed by Main Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in SAE Applications for Digitalization GmbH (🇩🇪), a Germany-based provider of CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) and variant management software. The acquisition marks an important milestone in Xait's international growth strategy and strengthens its position within the CPQ segment: https://www.xait.com/press-releases/xait-strengthens-its-cpq-offering-and-expands-into-the-dach-region-with-the-acquisition-of-sae Learning Pool (🇬🇧) backed by Marlin Equity Partners acquired Confirm (🇺🇸), an AI-powered performance management platform. Confirm will be merged with Learning Pool further strengthening its focus beyond training delivery to real-world performance measurement. Grounded in Organization Network Analysis (ONA), Confirm maps real working relationships to quantify employee influence and impact to provide leaders with clear visibility into top performers and quiet contributors alike: https://www.marlinequity.com/news/marlin-portfolio-company-learning-pool-acquires-confirm/ Protime (🇧🇪) as part of SD Worx (🇧🇪) acquired Checks | Personeelsplanning Software (🇳🇱), developing a specialized and innovative cloud software for organizations dealing with complex planning challenges, demanding schedules, and intricate regulations. The acquisition complements Protime's time & attendance solutions and strengthens its position in the Benelux. It also supports Protime's long-term ambition to become Europe's leading provider of workforce management technology and services, bringing time tracking, planning, and optimization together in one integrated platform: https://www.sdworx.com/en-en/about-sd-worx/press/2026-05-06-sd-worx-subsidiary-protime-strengthens-workforce-planning-offering zvoove Group (🇩🇪) backed by LEA Partners acquired Profitask (🇩🇪), a specialist provider of managed payroll administration and outsourced sales services for temporary staffing companies across Germany. With the acquisition of profitask, zvoove is internalising its managed service capability that many of its customers have relied on through external partners until now. profitask's Admin Center handles the full complexity of payroll administration in zvoove Payroll - from gross and net payroll runs to collective agreement handling, branch surcharges, equal-pay calculations, invoicing, and order management: https://zvoove.de/presse/zvoove-group-uebernimmt-profitask Poppulo (🇺🇸) acquired Sociabble (🇫🇷), an employee engagement platform headquartered in Paris, France. Sociabble's capabilities - including intranet, frontline mobile application, employee advocacy, and rewards solutions - will integrate into Poppulo's platform. By bringing together these capabilities and comprehensive communications, engagement, and behavioral data in a single ecosystem, organizations will gain richer insights that power more personalized, relevant, and measurable employee experiences: http://poppulo.com/employee-experience-platform/blog/poppulo-acquires-sociabble Factorial (🇪🇸) acquired YepCode (🇪🇸), a developer-first platform specialized in building, running and scaling AI-powered integrations. This strategic move strengthens Factorial's ability to deliver intelligent, AI-powered integrations across complex enterprise software environments. With the acquisition Factorial also plans to extend its own and its partner capabilities to integrate with its software: https://factorialhr.com/blog/factorial-acquires-yepcode/ Deel (🇺🇸) acquired Sastrify (🇩🇪), a platform that gives companies visibility into software usage, renewals, and spend. With the acquisition Deel IT is expanding into software management, bringing license purchasing, renewal management, and spend optimization into one platform. Starting this quarter, Deel IT will give companies a clear view of what software they're using, what they're spending, and what's coming up for renewal, without the manual work. Sastrify adds the layer that turns visibility into action: usage intelligence, pricing benchmarks, and purchasing in one place: https://www.deel.com/blog/deel-acquires-sastrify/ JuiceMe Inc. (🇰🇪) acquired AJIRAWORKS (🇬🇧/ 🇰🇪), a compliance-led employment firm operating across the UK and Kenya, and the appointment of its founder, Catherine Ochako, as Global Director, Employer of Record (EOR). Ochako also joins JuiceMe as a board member and shareholder. The transaction brings proven operational assets, compliance infrastructure, and cross-border employment intellectual property (IP) directly into JuiceMe's core business: https://www.techinafrica.com/juiceme-acquires-ajiraworks-and-appoints-founder-catherine-ochako-as-global-director-eor-to-lead-african-expansion/ Some deals were also communicated in the HR services, consulting & outsourcing space (less HR Tech) that are notable as they are oftentimes partners in the ecosystem and also moving closer together by advanced tech: Globally, there were fewer notable US HRTech vendor deals that did not involve European vendors, but April already has some interesting deals in the books: Congrats to Eirik Gudmundsen, Susanne Henkel, Benoit de la Tour, David Murray, Jan Van Autreve, Willem Boersma, Oliver Muhr, Axel Walz, Ruth F., Jean-Louis Benard, Jordi Romero, Marcos Muíño García, Alex Bouaziz, Sven Lackinger, Max Blaschke, Lawrence Diamond and to all of those involved in these deals and all the best for the next iteration of the journey! 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