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Alvaro Garrido
Interim Group Chief Information Officer | Joined May 2022
Appointed
Alvaro Garrido was appointed as interim Group Chief Information Officer on 5 September 2024, having joined the Group in May 2022. He is based in Singapore.
Experience
With an extensive career in Cyber Security, IT and Operations under his belt Alvaro joined the Group as Group Chief Information Security Officer and has driven the transformation of Information and Cyber Security in the Group, strengthening our security posture by addressing key risks, partnering with businesses, customers and regulators and introducing innovative data driven processes to address present and future cybersecurity challenges.
Career
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Alvaro served as Group Chief Security Officer & Group Chief Information Security Officer at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) in Spain. He had previously held several senior roles across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas including in Nordea, where he served as the Group CIO; British American Tobacco as Global Head of Technology Services; Roche Pharmaceuticals as Head of IT Engineering; and Sun Microsystems.
Alvaro holds an MBA in International Management Program, Business Administration and Management, General from MIT Sloan School of Management and a MsC in Telecommunication engineering, Telecommunication from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.