Starling appoints new Group Chief Risk Officer

Starling Group today named Keith Algie as its new Group Chief Risk Officer, subject to regulatory approval. 

Cyrille Salle De Chou, Starling Bank’s Chief Risk Officer, will be leaving to pursue a portfolio career. Over the last two years, Cyrille successfully led a programme to scale Starling’s risk controls and to further embed risk management into the Bank’s culture. 

Keith joined Starling this month to begin a handover with Cyrille to ensure continuity, and will become a member of Starling’s Executive Committee. He brings over two decades of risk management experience, having spent the last 15 years at ANZ. During his time at ANZ he served as Chief Risk Officer Europe and Americas, then Chief Risk Officer International and Hong Kong, and more recently as acting Group Chief Compliance Officer. 

He joins Starling as the Group prepares for its next phase of growth. In the UK, the Bank has refreshed its brand and is preparing to launch a major customer acquisition programme. Internationally, the Group’s Software-as-a-Service business, Engine by Starling, recently announced new client wins in Canada and New Zealand.

Raman Bhatia, Group CEO, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Keith to my leadership team, confident that his broad risk management expertise and international experience will be invaluable to us as we scale the Group in the UK and overseas. I’m sorry to see Cyrille go after his contributions to enhance our risk management capabilities. On behalf of everyone at Starling, I thank him for his achievements and wish him every success in the next phase of his career.”