Meri Williams steps down as CTO of Monzo
It is not clear who is taking up Williams CTO responsibilities.
Movers and shakers
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.
Euronext welcomes new COO Georges Lauchard
The role will be based in Paris.
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.
Bank of Singapore appoints new chief data and innovation officer
Celine Le Cotonnec will join the institution in its newly created role.
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.
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.
RBS sees flurry of executives leave including BÓ’s CEO
The bank sees a major reshuffle under new chief Alison Rose.
Azimo shake-up sees appointment of new CFO and COO
Remittance fintech looks internally for C-level replacements.
BMLL appoints Paul Humphrey as CEO
Johannes Sulzberger, outgoing CEO, will remain on the board as a non-exec director.
Fundbox hires “Swiss army knife” CFO signalling IPO
CFO Marten Abrahamsen is a former investment banker.
Finxact appoints former Trump Treasury counsellor to board of directors
Core banking firm hires industry veteran.
Andrea Remyn Stone joins Refinitiv to boost open platforms development
Stone joins the firm from Dealogic, where she had been chief strategy officer since 2015.
BNY Mellon Markets appoints Paresh Shah as global COO for FX
He joins BNY from HSBC, where he held the role of COO Americas for FX.
Signicat appoints new CEO and chairman
Signicat already works with DNB, Allianz and Saxo Bank.
ATB Financial’s Holbrook steps down as chief transformation officer
He had been at the Canadian firm for nine years.
Atom bank’s former co-founder joins Queensland’s Daytek capital
Paul Hanks has joined DayTek Capital as a technology advisor.
ICBA welcomes Charles Potts as the new chief innovation officer
Potts’ extensive financial services experience spans more than 25 years.
Standard Chartered appoints new CIO of corporate, commercial & institutional banking
Rene W. Keller joins Standard Chartered from Deutsche Bank.
First Direct founder leaves retirement to join mortgage platform Dashly
Mike Harris becomes chairman of the company.
CashFlows appoints new COO
Helen Smith joins the business from Earthport and Visa Europe.
Oracle veteran Atherton joins ACI Worldwide
New hire joins ACI Worldwide after 14 years at Oracle.
Starling Bank co-founder joins Winklevoss crypto exchange
Julian Sawyer set to lead Gemini’s European operations.
Wells Fargo hires Santander’s US chief as new COO
Scott Powell will be the bank’s new chief operating officer.
Monzo hires Visa exec to lead US push
TS Anil will join the digital bank early next year.
Finastra hires Lisa Fiondella as chief data officer
She will be responsible for developing a data product roadmap.
