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Harmeen Mehta will handle telco s internal rewiring and tech product strategy
Paul Kunert Tue 12 Jan 2021 // 16:30 UTC Share
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BT has hired former HSBC exec Harmeen Mehta to head up a newly created Digital unit, overseeing the internal shift to digital systems along with the incubation of tech platforms, products, and services.
Mehta, who served for the past seven years as Group CIO at Indian telco Bharti Airtel, will act as chief digital and innovation officer and join the newly formed BT Technology Advisory Board (TAB), reporting directly to CEO Philip Jansen.
The standalone Digital unit will lift an as-yet-unspecified number of staff from BT s Technology division, a spokesman for the company told
BT today announced the creation of a new technology unit - Digital - to lead its digital innovation agenda, effective from 1 April 2021. The new unit will focus on the development and rapid delivery of innovative products, platforms and services in key areas such as healthcare and data. Harmeen Mehta appointed as Chief Digital and Innovation Officer To lead the new unit, BT has appointed Harmeen Mehta as Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, reporting directly to Chief Executive Philip Jansen and as a member of the Executive Committee. Harmeen will work closely with Philip, the Board, the Chief Technology Officer and BT s customer facing units to drive the company s digital transformation. The new Digital unit will include accountability for IT, digital innovation, BT-wide business transformation and data and product strategy.
Blackstone Group is betting on Miami to build out its technology team, with hiring underway for newly leased office space in Florida’s second-largest city.
The alternative asset manager expects staff will begin moving into the new office this summer and is aiming to hire around 200 professionals, John Stecher, Blackstone’s chief technology officer, said in a phone interview. The team will help develop and strengthen Blackstone’s internal tech, he said, including apps for clients to engage in analytics and cybersecurity to protect their money.
New York-based Blackstone is the world’s largest private equity firm, investing on behalf of institutional investors such as pensions, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. Stecher, who joined the firm in February after serving as CTO and chief innovation officer at Barclays, said Blackstone already employs around 400 tech professionals in New York and India.
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