KUCHING: Maybank has appointed Giorgio Migliarina as Group Chief Technology and Digital Officer, effective Nov 1, 2024.
The 56-year-old will succeed Mohd Suhail Amar Suresh Abdullah, the current Group Chief Technology Officer, who will assume a new role as Senior Advisor, President and Group chief executive officer’s Office, effective Nov 1 as well.
With the appointment, Migliarina will be responsible for both technology and digital functions of the group.
He will be responsible to ensure resilience and robustness of all systems, chart the medium-term to long-term technology strategy covering infrastructure, application architecture and design and manage technology demand from business sectors.
In addition, he will also be responsible to pursue the continued enhancement of the group’s digital capabilities, aligned with the group’s focus on customer-centricity through the Agile ways of working.
“With more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications and high technology sectors, Giorgio held key leadership roles in Olivetti/Infostrada Italy, Telekom Malaysia, Vodafone UK & Italy, McKinsey & Co UK & China and Accenture Singapore.
“His experience spans diverse environments across the globe, where he delivered substantial results in a wide range of functional areas.
“This includes the deployment and management of next-generation networks and ICT infrastructure in both fixed and mobile environments as well as the management of digital products and services for large organisations,” it said.
Moreover, it stated that Migliarina holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and a Master of Sciences in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Commenting on the appointment, Maybank President and Group Chief Executive Officer (PGCEO) Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli said that Migliarina’s extensive experience and expertise will serve Maybank well in its focus to leverage on technology to deliver its solutions and services to the wide customer base across the group, through resilient, secure, seamless and efficient infrastructure and capabilities.
“With that, I would also like to thank Suhail for his contributions in improving the Bank’s technology transformation journey as well as strengthening Maybank’s in-house technology team.
“We are confident that Suhail will continue to deliver a positive impact in his new role as Senior Advisor, in relation to the implementation of Maybank Indonesia’s core banking system and its enterprise-wide agile transformation,” he said.
