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Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Westpac, BoC
Editorial Staff
27 August 2018
Westpac BOC Hong Kong
Australian banking firm Westpac Group has announced that chief information officer , Dave Curran, has decided to retire from the firm at the end of January 2019. The firm has appointed Craig Bright as CIO of Westpac Group, taking effect from December 2018.
Curran has led the Group’s technology function since 2014 and played a part in resetting and reshaping Westpac’s digital operation.
Bright is currently chief technology officer for Citi’s Global Consumer Bank. He joined Citigroup in 2011 as managing director.
The bank has appointed Liu Qiang as non-executive director, a member of its remuneration and budget committees and its principal operating subsidiary, Bank of China Limited. It has also named Lin Jingzhen as non-executive director, member of the strategy and budget committees. Both appointments are effective as of 24 August, it said.
Liu Qiang is executive vice president of Bank of China, a role he has held since November 2016. Bank of China owns about 66.06 per cent of the BOC Hong Kong’s issued shares. Liu has been serving as the Chairman of BOC Aviation since March 2018 and BOC Credit Card since April 2018. Prior to joining Bank of China in 2016, he worked in Agricultural Bank of China in various roles.
Lin Jingzhen has been executive vice president of Bank of China, and served as chairman of BOC International Holdings.