The bank has brought on board a financial and telecommunications services technology risk, regulatory and security leader to support its business, functions and regions.

Standard Chartered has hired technology expert David McLinton as its global head of Operations, Information and Cyber Security (ICS), effective 06 January 2020, subject to regulatory approvals, the bank announced in a statement on Wednesday.

McLinton has over 25 years of industry experience joins from Singtel, where he was head of its Asia Pacific cybersecurity team. He was previously chief information security officer for Asia Pacific and Latin America for J.P. Morgan Chase.

The position is based in Singapore. McLinton reports to Yuval Illuz, group chief information security officer and chief operating officer, Trust, Data and Automation.