StanChart Hires Amazon Technologist
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He relocates to Singapore from Sydney, where he spent four years as a senior manager, solution architecture, at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Standard Chartered has appointed technologist Brendan Royal as its global chief architect, according to a report on «eFinancialCareers.»
Royal has over 20 years of experience in financial services across retail, wealth and corporate banking, specializing in large transformation programs with a deep focus on tech and building enduring teams, his LinkedIn profile says. Before joining Amazon in 2019, he was head of banking architecture at Nordea, divisional director for BFS Architecture at Macquarie, and worked for CBA between 1999 and 2013, latterly as head of retail and business banking architecture.
The move follows the bank’s five-year strategic global agreement with AWS to drive its digital transformation and deliver new personalized banking services in the bank’s 60 markets worldwide, signed in November 2020.
As banks partner up with cloud platforms like AWS, they are increasingly also hiring from these same providers, the report said, noting that StanChart hired Google’s Singapore-based cloud engineering lead, Carl Bachman Kharazmi, as managing director and global head of cloud engineering and platforms earlier this year.
Questions & Answers
Q.What is Brendan Royal's new role at Standard Chartered and where will he be based?
What is Brendan Royal's new role at Standard Chartered and where will he be based?
Brendan Royal has been appointed global chief architect at Standard Chartered. He will be relocating to Singapore for this position, moving from his previous role in Sydney.
Q.What was Brendan Royal's previous experience before joining Standard Chartered?
What was Brendan Royal's previous experience before joining Standard Chartered?
Before this appointment, he spent four years as a senior manager at Amazon Web Services. His LinkedIn profile also lists roles at Nordea, Macquarie, and CBA, spanning over 20 years in financial services.
Q.How does this hiring align with Standard Chartered's broader digital strategy?
How does this hiring align with Standard Chartered's broader digital strategy?
This move follows Standard Chartered's five-year global agreement with AWS, signed in November 2020. The partnership aims to drive the bank's digital transformation and deliver new personalised services across its 60 markets.
Q.Has Standard Chartered made similar hires from major cloud providers recently?
Has Standard Chartered made similar hires from major cloud providers recently?
Yes, the report notes that Standard Chartered previously hired Carl Bachman Kharazmi, Google's Singapore-based cloud engineering lead, as managing director and global head of cloud engineering and platforms earlier this year.
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