Kristoffer Hjerrild Ovesen
Who is Kristoffer Hjerrild Ovesen?
Before Whichapp, Alex spent years on the other side of these decisions: in HR operations, in payroll transformation projects, and in people-technology consulting. He has steered UK and international teams through software migrations, EOR rollouts, contractor onboarding, and the kind of multi-country cost review that starts as a quick question and turns into a three-week spreadsheet. The clients ranged from founder-led businesses to scaling SaaS firms and remote-first teams, usually with someone in finance in the background asking what hiring in a new market actually costs.
That history shapes how he writes. He has sat on the implementation calls, read the vendor proposals, mapped the payroll workflows, and helped teams drag themselves off spreadsheets and disconnected systems. So he tends to be sceptical of the demo and far more interested in the question every buyer eventually asks: what do I actually need to know before I sign?
What does Alex cover at Whichapp?
Alex reviews and compares employer of record platforms, global payroll providers, contractor management tools, and UK payroll software. Most of his attention goes to the places these deals tend to come apart: pricing nobody can quite explain, implementation support that evaporates after signing, compliance gaps, jurisdictions a provider quietly doesn't cover, employer costs that only surface later, and the grey area over who is actually liable when something goes wrong.
How does Alex research providers?
His research is part product teardown, part paper trail. He works through provider documentation and pricing, talks to people who have actually bought and used these tools, and for anything compliance-led he goes to the source: HMRC, the IRS, the Canada Revenue Agency, the Australian Taxation Office, EU guidance, and the local employment authorities, rather than a vendor's summary of them.
What interests him is where the three things collide: the technology, the compliance, and the commercial call a team has to make. The goal is never a tidy comparison table. It is a shortlist that survives the procurement meeting, the moment someone in finance starts pulling on the numbers.
What standards does Alex's work follow?
All of it runs under Whichapp's editorial policy. Commercial relationships are disclosed, and affiliate status has no say in who gets reviewed, how they rank, or whether Alex recommends them.
Get in touch
Spotted something wrong, or got a provider update worth flagging? Email kris@whichapp.site with "Editorial" in the subject line and it lands with Alex.