Deutsche Bank Names New Technology Chief

Deutsche Bank announced in a statement that Neal Pawar will take on the senior role based in New York in early September and will also become a member of the group management committee. He will report to Bernd Leukert, who is also due to start a new role at the bank in September, leading technology, data and innovation across the business. According to a story in The Trade news, Pawar joins Deutsche Bank from AQR Capital where he was formerly chief technology officer and principal. Prior to AQR, he was a managing director and chief information officer at UBS Wealth Management based in Zurich. Pawar replaces the current information chief, Al Tarasuik, who has been handed a new role as senior strategic advisor to Leukart. Tarasuik first joined the German bank in 2015 and has held various senior technology roles since then, including chief information security officer and chief security officer.