Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has appointed Giorgio Migliarina as Group Chief Technology and Digital Officer, effective Nov 1, 2024.
Giorgio will succeed the current Group Chief Technology Officer Mohd Suhail Amar Suresh Abdullah who will assume the role of senior advisor to the President and Group Chief Executive Officer’s (PGCEO) Office on Nov 1, 2024.
For his role, Giorgio will be responsible for both the technology and digital functions of the group by ensuring the resilience and robustness of all systems, charting the medium- and long-term technology strategy covering infrastructure, application architecture and design, and managing technology demand from business sectors.
He will also be responsible for pursuing the continued enhancement of the group’s digital capabilities and aligning it with the group’s focus on customer-centricity through the Agile ways of working.
Giorgio will report to Maybank PGCEO Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli and become a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Commenting on the appointment, Khairussaleh said Giorgio’s extensive experience and expertise will serve Maybank well in its focus to leverage on technology to deliver solutions and services to the wide customer base across the group, through resilient, secure, seamless and efficient infrastructure and capabilities.
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 Bhd, Vodafone UK and Italy, McKinsey and Co UK and China, and Accenture Singapore.
His experience spans diverse environments across the globe, where he delivered substantial results in a wide range of functional areas, including 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.
Giorgio holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and a Master of Sciences in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Khairussaleh said the group thanked 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 on the implementation of Maybank Indonesia’s core banking system and its enterprise-wide agile transformation,” Khairussaleh added.
