PEOPLE MOVES
THE LATEST MOVERS AND SHAKERS ACROSS THE FINTECH INDUSTRY
FRANKIE WOODHEAD
JOB FROM : 10X BANKING JOB TO : THE BANK OF LONDON
Our first mover of the month is Frankie Woodhead , who joins The Bank of London ( BoL ) as its new Chief Product Officer . In his new role , Woodhead is charged with overseeing product vision , development and delivery across the UK Bank and wider group .
With 15 years of industry experience in senior financial leadership across corporate , business and retail banking , Woodhead is well positioned to drive new developments at BoL . He joins from 10x Banking , where he was both a Vice President and General Manager . This came after a long tenure at Barclays , where he held a string of product director positions spanning SME lending , growth , authentication , payments and customer servicing .
On his appointment , Woodhead said : “ Having seen the direct client and customer impact of financial crises , it ’ s clear the world of banking needs to be fundamentally changed to be safer and more transparent .” There have been significant personnel changes at leading financial companies in recent weeks . Here , we look at some of the most notable moves
SHANNON JOHNSTON
JOB FROM : DEPUTY CIO AND CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER , GLOBAL PAYMENTS
JOB TO : SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP AND CIO , GLOBAL PAYMENTS
Shannon Johnston is the new Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Global Payments . She takes over from Guido Sacchi , who retired at the end of 2023 . Holding several technology leadership roles since joining Global Payments in 2016 , Johnston was most recently the company ’ s Deputy CIO and Chief Digital Officer .
Sacchi leaves his position after almost 13 years at the company . He will continue to serve , though , as a Strategic Advisor at Global Payments through February 2024 .
Speaking on his retirement and handing over to Johnston , Sacchi said : “ I am immensely proud of my tenure at Global Payments and excited to hand over the reins to my esteemed colleague . Shannon and I have worked closely for many years , and she is uniquely qualified to lead the technology organisation for years to come .”
24 January 2024