After a 36-year career in management consulting and information technology, Anil Cheriyan will retire as chief information officer of SunTrust Banks, effective March 31, 2018.
Scott Case will succeed Cheriyan as CIO, reporting to SunTrust Chairman and CEO Bill Rogers and assuming responsibility for the company’s Enterprise Information Services unit.
“Anil Cheriyan was instrumental in improving the business alignment and effectiveness of our technology, particularly in advancing our digital platform and cloud strategy,” Rogers said. “Scott Case brings in-depth knowledge of our company and industry to the CIO role. He served as SunTrust chief technology officer for our consumer business and developed an agile framework to better serve our clients.”
Cheriyan joined SunTrust in April 2012. Previously, he was senior partner at IBM Global Business Services, where he served financial services industry clients and led business systems transformation, technology and process re-engineering initiatives. Before joining IBM in 2002, he held various roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Electronic Data Systems and TVS Clayton.
A 25-year industry veteran, Case served in senior technology executive positions with Bank of America for 15 years prior to joining SunTrust in April 2015. He was named CIO for Ciox Health in October 2017, but will return to the financial services industry with this appointment. Case currently serves on the board of TechBridge.
