Starling Group has appointed Keith Algie as its new group chief risk officer, subject to regulatory approval.

Algie will also join Starling’s executive committee. He takes over from Cyrille Salle De Chou, who is leaving the bank after two years to pursue a portfolio career.

Algie joins the digital bank from Australia‑headquartered ANZ, where he spent 15 years in roles including chief risk officer, Europe and Americas, and acting group chief compliance officer.

During his time at Starling, Salle De Chou led a programme to scale the bank’s risk controls and further embed risk management into its culture.

“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,” said Raman Bhatia, group chief executive. “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.”

Earlier this month, Starling announced that David Sproul will step down as chair of the board later this year after leading the company through five years of expansion and change.

He will remain in post until his successor is appointed, in a process led by Tracy Clarke, senior independent director and chair of the board remuneration committee.

---