HSBC Private Banking loses global innovation head Diana Biggs
Biggs steps down from her role after three and a half years at HSBC.
Movers and Shakers
Coconut searching for new CTO
Allistair Crossley leaves after three and a half years at the fintech.
Onfido appoints new chief executive as Husayn Kassai steps down
Mike Tuchen steps into the CEO role at the fintech.
OakNorth hires new CMO and VP of customer success
The firm has placed both women in its executive leadership team.
Tink appoints SimCorp CEO Holse as new chairman
Holse says Tink is “leading the charge” in open banking across Europe.
Trulioo hires Leigh Ramsden as new CFO
Former Absolute Software man joins up with Trulioo next week.
Ziglu hires Monzo’s James Sullivan as chief legal officer
James Sullivan worked as Monzo’s head of legal for one year and nine months.
FinTech Wales appoints IBM vet Sarah Williams-Gardener as CEO
Williams-Gardener is also a founding member of Starling Bank.
TrueLayer nabs former Amazon and AmEx exec as new CPO
Ossama Soliman joins TruLayer as its new chief product officer.
GPS fills out executive team with handful of new C-level hires
Richard Hodgson, Shaun Puckrin, and Jerome Gudgeon join the payments firm.
Temenos appoints former SAS EVP as new European president
David Macdonald joins Temenos after 19 years at SAS.
UK Finance appoints David Postings as new CEO
Postings is an industry veteran, spending 25 years at Barclays and three at Lloyds.
Temenos hires Roger Klantschi as EVP for Americas
Former Infosys veteran joins Temenos to build on US drive.
Barclays appoints Taalib Shaah as new group CRO
Shaah joins from the bank’s international division.
ING consolidates innovation arms into ING Neo, Legrand to step down
ING’s Annerie Vreugdenhil is set to head up ING Neo come January 2021.
N26 snaps up ex-Dropbox exec Adrienne Gormley as new COO
New COO Gormley will head up N26’s global customer service.
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Nymbus undergoes management shake-up with new CEO & CFO
Banking technology firm secures new faces at the top.
Revolut’s four-year-long partnerships head Rishi Stocker departs
Stocker spearheaded Revolut’s Japan launch.
DTCC appoints Lisa Hershey as new chief compliance officer
Hershey has worked at DTCC for more than a decade.
Thought Machine lands ex-HSBC exec Andy Maguire as chairman
The appointment is yet to be announced officially.
US Bank’s CDO leaves for Google after a brief stint
Before US Bank, White headed up BBVA’s creation unit.
Nedbank Private Wealth appoints Chris Kirk as new chief risk officer
Chris M Kirk joins the firm to support its international growth.
Citi appoints Jane Fraser as new CEO
Fraser will be the first woman to lead a bulge bracket bank.
GoCardless bags new chief revenue officer to tap enterprise space
The fintech is currently drawing back its growth to preserve cash.
HKEX appoints Credit Suisse’s Richard Wise as new CRO
Wise steps in to replace John Killian, who retires from the role.
EPA lands new CEO in ex-Informa exec
Agnew will combine both his business strategy and event management experience.
First Direct nabs new CEO from HSBC
Pitt comes with nearly 11 years banking experience.
Visa loses risk head Peter Bayley after 17 years
At Visa, Bayley held a number of roles which steered the firm’s fraud and risk management.
OakNorth appoints Raj Cherabuddi as VP of engineering
Former Teradata man to lead development of OakNorth’s credit platform.
ABN AMRO’s business finance fintech New10 loses CTO
“[We’ve] firmly cemented the digital lending category in the Netherlands,” says Boersma.
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R8 relaunches as Mode, appoints ex-Alipay CEO Rita Liu as CCO
Mode is one of R8’s two entities.
Barclays snaps up JP Morgan’s head of ECM Europe
Esteve has been a managing director at JP Morgan’s ECM for the last 18 years.
Wesleyan Bank bags former TSB exec as digital head
The firm also hired a new chief financial officer in June.
OakNorth Bank appoints Rajesh Gupta as new CFO
Current CFO Ochoa steps down to move closer to family.
Standard Chartered hires new global head of technology
Cat Rüst joins the bank from an executive role at UBS.
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Silicon Valley Bank looks to hire 80 people in UK office
The bank has hired 30 staff in the first half of the year.
Former UK chancellor Sajid Javid returns to JP Morgan
His role at the bank will be “strictly ring-fenced” from his political position.
