Age: 55
Gender: Male
Nationality: Australian
Join Date: 17 May 2022
DATE OF APPOINTMENT OF CURRENT POSITION
17 May 2022
ACADEMIC/QUALIFICATION(S)
• Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons), University of Queensland (Australia)
• Bachelor of Informatics, Griffith University (Australia)
RELEVANT WORKING EXPERIENCE
James has over 31 years of experience in IT and is a transformational and strategic leader with extensive knowledge of private banking, retail banking and central banking, developing and implementing systems in core banking, trading, risk, compliance, regulatory reporting, payments, document management and enterprise data management platforms. He has vast experience in operating diverse, multi-cultural environments and leading global and regional financial institutions spanning Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Before joining CTOS, he was the Deputy Director (Head of IT Transformation) at Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”) and then went to Tata Consulting Services (“TATA”) as the Head of Banking & Financial Services. At BNM he was responsible for the IT Transformation Programme and has transitioned into the target organisation structure and introduced new capabilities in the areas of Solution Delivery & Deployment, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Big Data & Analytics, Vendor Management & Procurement, Testing, Enterprise Architecture and Human Resource Management.
Prior to that, he was the Associate Partner at IBM Global Business Services (Malaysia), Delivery Head Information Management & Integration at Standard Chartered Bank (Malaysia), Head of IT Shared Services at Ambank (Malaysia), Chief Information Officer at Hong Leong Bank (Malaysia), Head Change the Bank IT and Executive Director at Bank Julius Bar (Singapore) and Vice President/ Program Manager Strategic Projects at Credit Suisse (Switzerland & Singapore).