Standard Chartered names new chief operations, technology officer to turbocharge bank’s digital transformation

Roel Louwhoff will take on the new role of chief technology, operations and transformation officer on April 1, the bank said on Thursday. He replaces David Whiteing, who is leaving the bank and relocating back to Australia.

Louwhoff joined Standard Chartered, one of Hong Kong’s three currency-issuing lenders, in November as chief digital, technology and innovation officer. Before joining Standard Chartered, he spent seven years at ING Bank as chief operations and transformation officer and a decade at British Telecom (BT).

“I see massive opportunities for the bank to transform as a client-focused, purpose-driven organisation, delivering a seamless end to end client experience and doing things more efficiently,” Louwhoff said. “By bringing technology and operations together, we are taking a further important step towards executional certainty of the bank’s strategy.”