Colin Bell JOB TO: CHAIR, STARLING BANK
Corie Barry
JOB TO: CFO, BEST BUY Starling Bank has named former HSBC Europe Chief Executive Colin Bell as Chair of its boards, effective 1 July 2026. Succeeding David Sproul after his five-year tenure, Colin’ s extensive risk management and commercial transformation background will support the digital bank’ s focus on sustainable returns and loan book expansion.
Best Buy CEO Corie Barry will assume interim financial oversight following the departure of long-standing CFO Matt Bilunas in July 2026. Corie previously served as the retailer’ s CFO, and is leading an external search for a permanent successor whilst preparing the company for a broader leadership transition under incoming CEO Jason Bonfig.
Pranav Sood JOB TO: CFO, AIRWALLEX
Dirk Burshille
JOB TO: CFO, BEARINGPOINT
Fintech unicorn Airwallex has appointed former EMEA chief Pranav Sood as Chief Financial Officer to guide its next phase of growth. Pranav returns from Bain Capital to oversee the company’ s financial strategy, managing a recent US $ 1.1bn investment commitment to the EMEA region from his new base in London.
Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint has appointed Dirk Burshille as Chief Financial Officer. Dirk, who brings over two decades of financial leadership experience across professional services, succeeds the retiring Andreas Flach. He will steer the partnership’ s ambitious expansion strategy, targeting a doubling of revenues to € 2bn( US $ 2.2bn) by 2030.
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