Yusuf Roopawalla, Former CIO – India and South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, has joined Bank of India as Chief Technology Officer, according to ETCIO report.
The movement marks the end of a three decade-long stint at Standard Chartered where Roopawalla joined as an information technology analyst back in 1993. During his years at Standard Chartered Bank, Roopawalla moved up the ranks – from a service delivery manager to senior manager, in charge of IT problem management, and then vice president of technology support services.
In April 2007, he was promoted as the head of technology of consumer banking in India, where he drove and led technology delivery of all strategic projects and was accountable for the end-to-end solution and implementation of various technology projects.
In 2011, Roopawalla was appointed head of technology for India and South Asia. In this role, he was responsible for the delivery of timely and cost-effective IT solutions in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan.
Roopawalla was later appointed CIO – India and South Asia in July 2019. In this role, he was charged with maintaining the bank’s technology infrastructure capability and supporting business activities across various business segments. These included compliance with all country and group policies, statutory regulations, local banking laws, anti-money laundering regulations, and industry practices.
As Bank of India’s new CTO, Roopawalla will be responsible to provide robust and state-of-the-art technology solutions to various business verticals and create value for the organization, in addition to overseeing core IT business applications, infrastructure, and network. He will also be playing a major role in improving processes and technology solutions, reviewing BCP/DR plans and optimizing IT services to improve ROI and bring in added efficiency.
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