Westpac’s acting CEO gains full authority as bank gears up COVID-19 response
Peter King will be Westpac’s CEO for at least the next two years.
Movers and Shakers
Revolut loses its head of wealth and trading, a former Freetrade co-founder
André Mohamed leaves after 18 months at the challenger bank.
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Dwolla appoints Brady Harris as new CEO
Harris says he is looking forward to working with “an incredible team.”
Ben Brabyn steps down as head of Level39
Amy French to take over from Brabyn, who leaves for pastures new.
Meri Williams steps down as CTO of Monzo
It is not clear who is taking up Williams CTO responsibilities.
Barclays makes new executive hires in Asia Pacific
Carrie Chen and Sung-Min Chung join the bank to boost its client footprint.
TransferGo hires former Revolut man as new compliance chief
Francesco Fulcoli will work on KYC, AML and CFT for the remittance firm.
OpenPayd appoints Fidor founder as senior advisor
Matthias Kröner joins the firm to drive its international plans.
big xyt hires SocGen’s Richard Hills
Data analytics firm snaps up electronic equities trading man.
Finastra appoints Gary Bischoping as new CFO
Bischoping to replace Mark Miller, who stepped down for personal reasons.
Euronext welcomes new COO Georges Lauchard
The role will be based in Paris.
Revolut loses CFO after just six months, brings in interim CFO from SLA
David MacLean joined Revolut from Metro Bank last July.
Santander snaps up Nationwide’s deputy CEO to support UK transformation
The Spanish multinational bank has committed €20bn to its digital transformation.
Amazon VP Maria Renz joins Californian fintech SoFi
For a time, Renz was Bezos’ first and only female adviser.
Tesco Banks lands Balmer as new chief information officer
New CIO arrives to lead bank’s IT division.
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NatWest CDO Frans Woelders set for Danske Bank move
Woelders will join former colleague Chris Vogelzang at the Danish banking group.
JP Morgan hires Capital One’s Gill Haus to lead digital technology
Gill Haus starts this week as head of digital technology for the consumer bank.
Eileen Serra joins Capital One board of directors
She will stand for election by Capital One shareholders in April 2020.
Belgian challenger Aion hires CIO, preps flagship branch
Subscription-only bank continues development after 2019 launch.
Mastercard announces Michael Miebach as incoming CEO
As well as former CEO Banga, chairman Richard Haythornthwaite set to step down.
Mastercard plans to triple Irish workforce with 1,500 hires
Credit card giant leases three new buildings in Dublin.
Bank of Singapore appoints new chief data and innovation officer
Celine Le Cotonnec will join the institution in its newly created role.
Sohar International nabs Nordea’s ex-chief digital officer
The banking exec joins the Omani bank at time when profits are looking up.
UBS appoints ING’s Ralph Hamers as next chief executive
Hamers will step down from ING at the end of June and join UBS in September.
Standard Chartered snaps up top fintech exec
Kahina van Dyke joins Standard Chartered CCIB from from Ripple.
Metro Bank hires new director of technology and engineering
Sailesh Panchal joins the challenger from Orwell Group.
Santander hires head of P2P payments
In this newly created role, Trish Burgess will lead the strategy and deployment of P2P.
Paysafe bags new CTO from Barclays
Sujit Unni is joining at an exciting time for the company.
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Sainsbury’s Bank chairman to step down
Davis leaves after seven years in the post.
Credit Suisse spying scandal forces out CEO Tidjane Thiam
The bank loses Thiam to protect its reputation.
More change at the top for the Financial Conduct Authority
Two non-executive directors join the FCA board.
Top executives at SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund set to leave
Top of the list is Michael Ronen, the managing partner of the Vision Fund’s US investments.
Tom Shen joins Sensibill as chair of the board
Shen is a proven expert at scaling digital banking services for financial institutions.
Citi suspends “one of its most senior” bond traders for canteen theft
Paras Shah was Citi’s head of high-yield bond trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Nasdaq names HKEX’s Roland Chai as its new CRO
Chai was previously head of post-trade at HKEX.
Lloyd’s of London hires new chief digital officer
Louise Smith joins from RBS.
Philip Hammond joins OakNorth advisory board
Conservative grandee Francis Maude will also be joining its advisory board.
