Niko Cafiro is a Chief Executive Officer, Second Level Executive Grade within the Syndicate mobile forces. CEO Cafiro was the second-in-command of the Syndic flotilla which clashed with the Lost Fleet in the Cavalos system. After the battle, in which the Syndic fleet was soundly defeated, Cafiro's superior was killed, but he survived and was found drifting in a survival pod, was taken aboard the Kururi, and transferred to the Dauntless for interrogation. While being interrogated by Lieutenant Iger and Captain Geary, Cafiro unwittingly confirmed Geary's suspicions about Syndicate knowledge of the alien intelligences on the far side of Syndicate space.
When Geary appealed to Cafiro's interests and ambition, he obtained more information from him: about the Lakota's Hypernet gate's destruction and the supreme Syndic leadership's future reactions to their fleet's defeats. Cafiro also agreed to conspire against his leaders, to depose them and sign a peace treaty with the Alliance, in exchange for his liberation. He was released, but it is unknown if he keep his word.