Maybank appoints Giorgio Migliarina as its Group Chief Technology and Digital Officer

• Responsible to ensure resilience and robustness of all systems
• Current CTO Mohd Suhail Amar will be senior advisor, Group CEO’s Office

Maybank has appointed Giorgio Migliarina (pic) as Group Chief Technology and Digital Officer to be effective 1 Nov 2024. With the appointment, Giorgio will be responsible for both technology and digital functions of the group. Giorgio 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. 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. He will report to the President & Group Chief Executive Officer (PGCEO) of Maybank and become a member of the Group Executive Committee.

Giorgio, 56 years old, will succeed Mohd Suhail Amar Suresh Abdullah, the current Group Chief Technology Officer, who will assume a new role as Senior Advisor, President & Group CEO’s Office effective 1 Nov 2024.

PGCEO of Maybank, Khairussaleh Ramli said, “Giorgio’s extensive experience and expertise will serve Maybank well in our focus to leverage on technology to deliver our 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, 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 environment 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 also 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 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.”