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Lion Appoints Single Digital And Technology Leader
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Ram Kalyanasundaram, Lion’s group technology and digital transformation director, will leave at the end of next month after nearly 15 years. Lion is consolidating digital, data, AI and technology under group digital and data director Robb Simpson, citing a single-leader strategy after modernising systems, retiring over 500 legacy applications, adopting a cloud-first approach and deploying generative AI in IT support.
Key Points
- 1Announces CIO departure: Ram Kalyanasundaram will leave at the end of next month.
- 2Consolidates leadership: Robb Simpson becomes single leader for digital, data, AI, and technology.
- 3Accelerated cloud-first strategy, 500 legacy apps retired and generative AI used in IT support.
Scoring Rationale
Solid company-level tech restructuring and AI adoption signals, limited by narrow scope and mainly internal change.
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