Normal Chartered to Appoint Roel Louwhoff as Group Chief Digital, Know-how & Innovation Officer

Normal Chartered (the Group) lately revealed that it is going to be appointing Roel Louwhoff who will likely be serving as the brand new Group Chief Digital, Know-how & Innovation Officer. Louwhoff beforehand labored as Chief Operations and Transformation Officer at ING since 2014.

In line with an replace from Normal Chartered (LON: STAN), Louwhoff will likely be primarily based in Singapore and will likely be reporting on to Group Chief Govt Officer Invoice Winters.

Michael Gorriz, who has labored as Group Chief Info Officer since 2015, will reportedly be retiring in December 2021 with a purpose to concentrate on his exterior board and advisory roles throughout Europe and Asia.

Winters remarked:

“Roel joins us at a crucial time in our transformation into the agile, digital and future-focused organisation we should be. We are going to profit from his perspective as a digital chief and I stay up for working with him on taking our know-how platform to even better heights. He takes over from the strong foundations Michael has laid: a robust and various know-how management group and a contemporary, cloud-based structure that’s the bedrock for the Financial institution’s digital ambitions. We’re grateful for Michael’s many contributions.”

Louwhoff said:

“I relish the prospect of taking up a brand new international problem at Normal Chartered: serving to to additional digitise the enterprise and supporting our clients and workers across the globe. I stay up for becoming a member of the worldwide tech group and innovation engine, SC Ventures, and taking part in an element of their additional success.” 

The appointment is topic to regulatory approval. Louwhoff ought to start his new function “efficient  November 1, 2021.”

Final month, Normal Chartered dedicated to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with funds firm Tazapay with a purpose to present digital escrow providers to consumers and sellers all for buying and selling globally through Proxtera, a B2B market community.

The initiative is Normal Chartered’s very first escrow-as-a-service providing. Will probably be the primary banking establishment to work cooperatively with Tazapay following its escrow company partnership with Proxtera in February 2021.