Tintra hires former HSBC divisional chief operating officer as COO

(Alliance News) - Tintra PLC on Wednesday said it has appointed a new chief operating officer, ...

Alliance News 25 January, 2023 | 10:58AM
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(Alliance News) - Tintra PLC on Wednesday said it has appointed a new chief operating officer, hiring a former HSBC divisional COO and original operating chief of Starling Bank.

Tintra is a London-based firm providing banking infrastructure via artificial intelligence and natural language processing tools.

It said it hired Paul James as COO, responsible for the operational roll-out of strategy, though not a board position.

It said James has 25 years of experience in the financial services and banking sectors including periods at HSBC as a divisional COO and as the original COO of Starling Bank.

James led "many" strategic reviews to ensure HSBC's Europe, Middle East & Africa division operated consistently cross all product lines, as well recruiting for the rollout of Starling services and the processes to support onboarding large numbers of new employees in a start-up environment, Tintra said.

"Having been in financial services for a quarter of a century I am acutely aware of the need for the product offering and solution that Tintra is building," said James.

"Having spent a number of years building business links in Africa, I look forward to bringing both my skills and my relationships to bear as Tintra delivers on something, that if done correctly, will truly change the way that the emerging world banks."

Richard Shearer, chief executive officer of Tintra, added: "Our strategic growth over the past six months has been a really magical thing to be a part of. Our conversations with regulators and governments stretch from southern Africa to South America and from Singapore to Azerbaijan, where I was honoured last week to be welcomed to a meeting with senior officials of their central bank.

"The addition of Paul to the C-Level team brings a skill-set and experience that combines these broad geographies as we start to execute on government and business side development as the technology stack begins to mature."

Shares in Tintra traded flat at 210.00 pence each in London on Wednesday morning.

By Greg Rosenvinge, Alliance News reporter

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