Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) Friday announced that Bruce Ross will join RBC in early January 2014 as the group head, technology and operations.
He will report directly to Gord Nixon, RBC president and CEO, and join the group executive, the bank’s senior management committee.
In his new role, Ross will set the strategic direction and oversee overall management of global technology and operations for RBC, which includes applications development, infrastructure and enterprise operations.
Ross joins RBC from IBM, where he was most recently the general manager, global technology services, north America. As a member of IBM’s strategy team, he was responsible for business strategy in the emerging areas of cloud, mobility, social and analytics. His prior roles include general manager, global technology services, Europe and general manager and president, IBM Canada.
Ross has an engineering degree from the University of Western Ontario and has been active in a number of business and community organizations in Canada.
RBC’s technology and operations group has been led for the past four years by Janice Fukakusa, chief administrative officer and chief financial officer.
As CAO and CFO, her other responsibilities remain the same and include finance, corporate treasury, taxation, investor relations, general counsel and enterprise services, as well as chairing the RBC Group Operating Committee.