Citi hires RBC's Lippert for CIO and top ops spot
04 July
Citi has hired named Marty Lippert, former group head of global technology and operations for Royal Bank of Canada, to a combined role heading up "transformational change across Citi's newly centralised Global Technology and Operations divisions". Lippert will be chief information officer and corporate operations and technology chief operating officer, working closely with Kevin Kessinger, Citi's chief operations and technology officer. In addition, Lippert will oversee Citi's corporate shared services...
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