StanChart Names Chief Information Officer for Retail Banking

She takes over Paul Macpherson, Chief Information Officer, CPBB since 2018, who will be leaving to pursue opportunities outside the bank.

Standard Chartered has appointed Anshu Sharma Raja as chief information officer, Consumer, Private & Business Banking (CPBB), the bank announced on Friday.

Raja joined the bank in 2018 as managing director, global head of Retail Banking Technology and head of Global Business Services and Technology & Innovation Centers, based in Bengaluru, India. She previously worked for Vodaphone, AIG, Goldman Sachs, and consulted with investment banks for technology solutions, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Raja is based in Singapore and reports to Michael Gorriz, group chief information officer.

Our ambitious growth plans for our affluent, mass and wealth management business rely on a modern, cloud-based architecture that delivers superior client products and experiences digitally, Gorriz said in the announcement.