La-Cell Mouton will soon take on the role of chief information officer (CIO) at FNB.
La-Cell joined the bank in 2000 as a developer for the BANKit Online Banking system. From 2005 – 2007, he was part of a team that migrated the original online banking system and BANKit into a single platform, forming the current online banking offering.
In 2009, La-Cell was appointed as the CIO of FNB Online Banking and following the merger of the online and app teams, he led a team in iDigtech to get grips with BigData technology with the aim of using machine learning to combat digital fraud – leading to the creation of Intelligent Data and Analytics (iDnA) in 2017.
In 2020, La-Cell was appointed as core banking platform head, which saw him lead the modernisation journey of the core banking platform across the retail and commercial businesses within FNB. In, 2022 La-Cell was also appointed as the CIO for the retail segment and then as FNB’s joint CIO last year alongside Kevin Mitchell who has now moved to a FirstRand Group role.
Harry Kellan, CEO of FNB, said La-Cell’s experience across FNB’s businesses and his deep expertise in systems architecture, software development and IT operations, makes him the natural candidate for the role.
“La-Cell has been an integral part of our digital transformation. Over the past 23 years, he has helped deliver some of the most innovative products and services that have helped propel FNB beyond banking, while at the same time driving capability modernisation and IT delivery. I am proud that we are once again able to draw from our deep talent pool within FNB, highlighting the value and importance of our dynamic succession planning, that has consistently helped us grow and promote our top performers,” Harry said.
La-Cell Mouton will take up his new role on 1 September 2024
