Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region and market leader in banking innovation, has revealed two senior innovation visits as part of its end-to-end digital transformation method. Miguel Rio Tinto has been selected Chief Digital Officer (CIO) to lead the Group's Infotech department, and Evans Munyuki has been designated as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) to lead the Groups newly established Digital Office.

The bank also introduced the creation of a Digital Council, making up agents from Emirates NBD Group's Executive Team, led by Group Chief Executive Officer, Shayne Nelson and Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), Abdulla Qassem, to supervise the Digital Office and progress its ambitious plans to drive the future of banking and repayments in the UAE.

Miguel and Evans are sseasoned international technology leaders, with strong reputations for leading high-impact modern technology improvements in financial institutions across developed and arising markets. Miguel joins Emirates NBD from McKinsey & Company's Iberia Office where he was a partner in charge of major IT and digital transformations for banks throughout Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Formerly, Miguel was both COO and CIO for Novo Banco SA, among Iberia's largest financial institutions. Before signing up with Emirates NBD, Evans Munyuki carried out several CDO, CIO and P&L business leadership functions throughout a mix of conventional monetary and technology firms such as Barclays Africa and IBM (U.S.A and Africa). Evans was also recently CDO and CIO of MyBucks, a quick growth, German-listed fintech operating throughout 14 African and European markets.

Commenting on the appointments, Abdulla Qassem, Emirates NBD's Group COO said: "As we remain to accelerate our technology transformation, I am extremely pleased to have Miguel and Evans join our group. These incredibly talented and tested leaders have the vision, experience and depth of knowledge necessary to assist lead our bank right into the digital future with an incorporated approach, leveraging world-class IT innovation and abilities."

As CIO, Miguel will spearhead Emirates NBD's AED 1 billion IT transformation. This four-year effort intends to develop world-class IT abilities consisting of substantial design, facilities, operating version and platform upgrades. The bank has additionally announced plans to launch its own exclusive Cloud platform as a regional first.

As CDO, Evans will lead Emirates NBD's newly created Digital Office mandated to speed up the bank's end-to-end digital capacities, aligned with its more comprehensive calculated priorities. This consists of all digital customer experience and item development campaigns, as well as expert system, analytics, fintech and corporate collaborations, API business designs, innovation, and Study & Development. A specialized center of innovation excellence will lead the interior advancement of market-leading innovation, whilst the Digital Office will certainly likewise better harness the power of Big Information to drive customer-centric decision making and interaction.