Chief Technology Officer

Role Overview

Digital Strategy & Enterprise Transformation

• Define and own the enterprise digital vision and multi-year transformation roadmap across
• core banking, digital channels, and investment platforms
• .
• Translate strategic objectives into
• clearly scoped, prioritised, and sequenced digital programmes
• .
• Ensure digital initiatives directly support
• revenue growth, AUM expansion, cost efficiency, and investment outcomes
• .

Programme & Project Management (Pmo Ownership)

• Own enterprise-level
• digital programme and project management
• across all digital initiatives.
• Establish and lead a central digital PMO covering governance, prioritisation, budgeting, resourcing, risk management, and reporting.
• Ensure disciplined delivery using appropriate methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid), tailored to regulatory and business requirements.
• Track benefits realisation, milestones, dependencies, and execution risks across all digital programmes.

Core Banking Platforms

• Oversee the digital enablement and modernisation of
• core banking systems
• , including deposits, lending, payments, general ledger, treasury, and interfaces to custody and settlement platforms.
• Drive platform integration and API-led architectures linking core systems with digital channels and investment platforms.
• Ensure operational resilience, scalability, and regulatory compliance of core platforms.

Customer-Facing Applications & Digital Channels

• Own all customer-facing digital applications including
• mobile banking, online banking, investor portals, and advisor platforms
• .
• Lead end-to-end digitisation of onboarding, KYC, suitability, transaction execution, reporting, and client servicing journeys.
• Ensure consistent UX, security, and performance across all client segments.

Investment, Asset & Wealth Platforms

• Oversee digital platforms supporting
• investment management, asset management, private markets, and wealth mandates
• .
• Digitise front-to-back investment lifecycles including origination, due diligence, execution, portfolio monitoring, valuation, performance, and exits.
• Ensure seamless integration with core banking, custody, treasury, and client reporting systems.

Data, Analytics & Decision Enablement

• Establish a unified data and analytics framework spanning client, banking, and investment data.
• Enable analytics-driven decision-making for
• investment risk, portfolio performance, client personalisation, and revenue optimisation
• .
• Ensure strong data governance, lineage, and regulatory reporting capabilities.

Governance, Risk & Regulatory Alignment

• Embed regulatory, risk, AML, KYC, suitability, and cybersecurity controls into all digital programmes and project delivery.
• Ensure strong change-management, model risk, and third-party risk controls across digital initiatives.
• Maintain effective oversight of vendors, system integrators, and delivery partners.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Build and lead multidisciplinary teams across digital product, architecture, data, UX, engineering, and PMO functions.
• Act as a senior advisor to the executive committee, investment committees, and board on digital execution and delivery risk.
• Coordinate closely with CIO, COO, CRO, CCO, CFO, and Heads of Banking, Investment, and Wealth.

Key Deliverables

• Integrated digital and transformation roadmap
• Strong PMO with transparent governance, reporting, and delivery discipline
• Modern, scalable core banking and digital application ecosystem
• Digitised front-to-back client and investment lifecycles
• Measurable benefits realisation and execution accountability

Experience

• 15+ years in digital transformation, technology delivery, or programme leadership within
• banking, investment management, or wealth management
• .
• Proven ownership of
• large-scale digital programmes and PMO functions
• in regulated environments.
• Experience overseeing core banking platforms, digital channels, and investment systems.

Skills & Expertise

• Strong programme and project management capability, including budgeting, dependency management, and benefits tracking.
• Deep understanding of core banking, digital channels, and investment platforms.
• Strong governance mindset with the ability to manage delivery risk in complex, regulated environments.
• Commercial and investment-aware approach linking delivery outcomes to
• P&L, AUM, and performance
• .

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• MBA, CFA, PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or equivalent certifications are an advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Execution-focused digital leader
• Structured, decisive, and accountable
• Credible partner to senior executives, investors, and regulators
• Comfortable managing complex, multi-year transformation programmes