Continuing goal for thought leader and diversity ally.
AMTD Digital, a subsidiary of AMTD Group, has appointed Osman Ershad Faiz as the chief information and operating officer (CIOO) to the Company.
The company is a financial service focused conglomerate, with core businesses in investment banking, asset management, digital financial solutions; and non-financial services including education and real estate areas.
AMTD International is one of the largest independent investment banks in Asia and one of Asia’s largest independent asset management companies. AMTD International was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019, representing one of the first Hong Kong headquartered financial institution listed on NYSE.
Faiz has over 25 years of international banking experiences across different countries. He was previously the chief operating officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore. Prior to that, he served in a variety of roles for Standard Chartered, including Chief Information Officer in Singapore and head of wholesale banking operations in East region.
He has also served as head of operations at PermataBank and director of Singapore Clearing House Association. He was awarded the Institute of Banking and Finance Fellow Award in technology and operations.
In his continuing work as a thought leader and ally for diversity and inclusion, Faiz was recognised by Yahoo, Financial Times and INvolve as a global Top 50 Champion of Women in Business and Top 40 Male Advocate in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Calvin Choi, chairman of AMTD Group and AMTD Digital said Faiz will bring in global banking and comprehensive enterprise-wide operation experience and knowledge to drive our regional banking initiatives and step up overall operational efficiencies.
“We also look forward to Faiz’s expertise and insights in digitalisation, advanced technologies and product innovation to help enrich our one-stop, cross-regional digital financial services offerings that meet the evolving needs of our clients and stakeholders out of our proprietary AMTD SpiderNet ecosystem,” he said.
