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Yustus Aribariho, a Ugandan Banker with Standard Chartered Bank, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, has been appointed its Global Head, Digital Utilities.
In his new role, which he assumes effective 1st August 2022, Yustus will oversee the bank’s design and development of digital utility platforms as well as collaborate with the various country digital banking segment and product heads, to strengthen the bank’s digital capabilities as well as the revenue potential therefrom.
According to a source who is familiar with the bank, the new role is at the heart of Standard Chartered Bank’s digital-first strategy, which has seen it emerge as one of the world leaders in digital and future banking.
“The role is both present and futuristic. It involves, creating platforms that shall enable data-driven customer engagement through digital channels; predicting the best financial options, based on customer behaviours; enabling open banking channels so customers with multiple banking relationships can access all that in single platforms as well as creating platforms to enable the bank to form partnerships that enrich customer value propositions etc. This is the next level of driving digital banking beyond just the front-end apps— this is the backbone of the bank’s digital banking agenda,” said the expert.
A diversely experienced, and performance-oriented banking executive
Yustus has been Head of Digital and Data for the Africa & Middle East (AME) region since 2016. In that role, he was charged with driving and executing Standard Chartered’s digital banking agenda in Africa and the Middle East Region to make the bank, the best digital bank in the Region. During this time, he is credited for leading the bank’s award-winning digital route to market- highlighted by the development and deployment of nine digital banks in Africa, including Uganda.
I&M Bank named Most Innovative Digital Bank and Best Private Bank in Uganda by Global Banking and Finance Review AwardsHe wields over 20 years of banking experience- all of them, at Standard Chartered Bank that has enabled him to get grounded in especially Consumer Banking business particularly, lending products – credit cards, personal loans, mortgages and auto loans as well as customer deposit mobilization and management. He is also equally experienced in areas of governance, operational risk management as well as business process transformation.
Between April 2005 and July 2007, he was the Head of Marketing at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda and then rose to Head of Lending between July 2007 and December 2008. He then became Head of Lending and Consumer Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered, Qatar.
By January 2010, he had become the Business Planning Manager for Group Retail Products. In September 2011 he became the Senior Manager, Process Transformation, Group Retail Banking Products. In January 2016, he was appointed the Regional Head, Digital Banking Africa and the Middle East, based in Dubai.
Yustus is an MBA Graduate of Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford UK and Makerere University, where he graduated with a BA(SS) Hons, Sociology and Social Administration.