HSBC Continues Digital Wealth, Banking Drive

Tom Burroughes

3 December 2018

has made new hires at its wealth and retail banking digital team.

Jesper With-Fogstrup joins as global head of digital as a channel responsible for the team delivering business and customer growth through digital experiences. This includes digital acquisition, content management, messaging and optimisation. He joins HSBC from ComparetheMarket.com where he was chief operating officer and prior to that held a number of executive positions in the online travel industry.

Kate Simon joins as global head of commercialisation, responsible for working with HSBC’s 38 countries and territories to identify and realise the potential of HSBC as a digital business.

Prior to this, Simon worked at The Walt Disney Company where she had global responsibility for growth strategies and business performance of “DisneyLife”. Simon has previously worked for a variety of consumer-tech start-ups and corporates including blinkbox Entertainment Group, Majestic Wine, Dixons Carphone & Global Media. She has also been in a number of advisory roles working with early-stage digital disruptors in fintech and eCommerce.

Phil Fearnley joins as head of strategic and organisational development responsible for shaping and integrating the digital agenda across the bank. Fearnley has over 30 years’ experience of digital technology strategy development and delivery. Prior roles include digital director for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

Based in the UK, they all report to Josh Bottomley, global head of digital, data and development for HSBC’s Retail Banking and Wealth Management business.