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Data analytics no longer just a sideshow at banks: OCBC’s MacDonald

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Published Tue, Sep 20, 2022 · 05:50 AM
    • Donald MacDonald was appointed group data office head in June 2022 – a new role created to drive the bank’s data strategy.
    • Donald MacDonald was appointed group data office head in June 2022 – a new role created to drive the bank’s data strategy. PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN, BT

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    DONALD MacDonald has spent 29 years working in the data and analytics field, 18 of them at OCBC.

    He has watched his team grow from a small function with 5 people to a 130-strong team supporting the whole bank’s data capabilities.

    MacDonald was appointed group data office head in June 2022 – a new role created to drive the bank’s data strategy.

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