Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank Group’s board of directors
SoftBank reported an annual operating loss of JPY 1.36 trillion ($13bn).
Movers and Shakers
Green Dot bags Walmart exec as part of bigger strategic overhaul
The firm also appointed a new CEO in March.
Deutsche Bank appoints Kamran Khan as head of ESG for Asia Pacific
He also served as head of global investments and operations at the US Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Monzo bags banking veteran as its new head of global financial crime
Laramy comes from Barclays, Santander and US bank Capital One.
Paysafe snaps up Standard Chartered director for chief banking role
Sharp will be in charge of the firm’s payment partner networks.
Newcastle Building Society names Manila McLean as new CIO
Manila joined the firm from Tesco Bank in 2019.
Masthaven Bank shakes up leadership with new CEO
Leigh Bartlett moves into the CEO position as founder Andrew Bloom steps back.
UK challenger 220 lands former Standard Chartered COO as adviser
Angela Knight worked at Standard Chartered for an uninterrupted 22 years.
BNP Paribas head of digital Jean Devambez steps down
Devambez had spent 12 years at the French banking group.
ANZ promotes Emma Gray to new group executive data role
Gray is rewarded for her work as chief digital officer.
Mastercard promotes UK president Barnett to EU role
Barnett is expected to join the management committee on 1 June.
Monzo appoints Sujata Bhatia as its new COO
Prior to Monzo, Bhatia spent almost 16 years at American Express.
Revolut seeks help applying for UK banking licence & loses four more execs
Revolut’s goals remain the same, despite coronavirus.
Former Oracle VP Smedley joins Red Hat
Smedley joins IBM-acquired Red Hat after 18 years at Oracle.
NatWest taps Lloyds exec Jen Tippin for chief transformation role
The new hire is set to go through in late 2020 following regulatory approval.
Northern Trust hires Alison Pain as new EMEA CTO
Pain joins from Deutsche Bank and will lead Northern Trust’s EMEA tech ops.
Revolut loses two more financial execs a month after losing CFO
Both leave the bank after 12-month tenures.
Phoebus Software appoints Unisys’ Mehran Radfar as COO
Radfar joins to “make a difference” at Phoebus.
Curve bags former PSR CEO as advisor on regulation strategy
Nixon managed the PSR for five years until last year.
Klarna exec jumps back into banking as CIO of Bluestep Bank
Klarna’s former VP of Engineering says he can’t wait to build “a mortgage bank for all”.
Spendesk co-founder departs after 12 month-long discussions
The remaining co-founders Ardant and Guilhem are gearing up to double the team again.
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IBM names former Bank of America exec as new cloud head
Howard Boville steps in as Arvind Krishna takes over from chief Ginni Rometty.
Paul Cormier steps in as new Red Hat CEO
Cormier replaces Jim Whitehurst, who moved to parent company IBM.
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.
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.
