Park Group plc
(“Park” the “Company” or the “Group”)
Appointment of Group Chief Information Officer
Park (AIM: PKG.L), the UK's leading multi-retailer, multi-channel gift voucher and prepaid gift card provider, announces that it has appointed Mr. Stephen Miller as Chief Information Officer of the Group, a non-board position.
Mr. Miller brings with him extensive experience in financial services technology innovation and implementation, spanning multiple businesses, sectors and geographies.
In his previous role, Mr. Miller spent two years as Head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Chester, one of the Bank's primary global support hubs. In this position, he oversaw the Technology and Operations teams supporting Card, Network, Transaction and Investment Banking core businesses as well as Digital Innovation, Command Centre, Information Security, Business Resilience and other aligned support functions.
Before moving to the North West, Mr. Miller worked in London as Chief Information Officer of Standard Chartered Bank for UK and Europe, having previously been Group Head of Fixed Income & Derivative Operations in Singapore for five years.
His experience also spans senior IT and Operations positions at Bear Sterns and JP Morgan as well as various government and regulatory committee and advisory roles in the UK and overseas, most recently with the Bank of England FX Joint Steering and Cyber Security Committees. He began his career in the Royal Navy and is a Council member of the Business Disability Forum, which champions the use of technology to provide accessibility for all in the workplace.
Ian O'Doherty, CEO of Park, said: “The appointment of someone of the experience and expertise of Stephen as our new CIO, fits extremely well with what Park has evolved into, with IT innovation at the heart of its offering. More importantly, he will be invaluable to our product and services development and IT operations as we continue to grow in the future.”