UBS Loses a Top IT Talent to Consulting Firm

The man who kept the heart of the core banking system at UBS beating is moving to a Big Four consulting firm.

Prafull Sharma, who joined UBS in 2019 and served as managing director and head of core banking systems, is moving on to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the consulting and auditing firm announced Friday.

Sharma has also appointed a partner in the financial services consulting division, and becomes the new head of CIO Advisory at PwC, focusing on technology, strategy and cloud transformation,

Prior to his stint at UBS where he was also chief data officer for personal and corporate banking under multichannel chief Andreas Kubli, Sharma was at PwC competitor KPMG Switzerland.