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we ’ re actually getting an amazing inflow of young talent . I would say five years ago , even maybe in the early days of Covid , people said ‘ younger people don ’ t want to work in the banking ,’ but I think the kind of banking that we have now is one where people want to work . Our digital assets custody team is full of young – and in many cases , diverse – professionals . These people want to work in a company where everyone values trust . So if you can be trusted and innovative , if you can be robust and vibrant , you ’ re going to bring talent . I recently met with our intern class , and yes , it was just a three-minute presentation by each group , but they had amazing insights . I know our future is secure because of these 50 people I met .
What are some of the ambitions you have in your new role as CEO of securities services and digital ? Corporate trust and depositary sales are distinct businesses and I want to apply digital to them as much . We want them to be innovative products , there are some elements of custody in both , so we want to unlock that . I really want us to be known for the best platforms in the industry ; platforms for fintechs , clients and people , so running that as a distinct business with integrated platforms , that ’ s a big deal for me . I think I told you earlier in my tenure here : one day we ’ re not going to have a chief digital officer , and that ’ ll be a really happy day . We ’ re not there yet , we still need them , but it ’ s going to be a part and parcel of what we do . Big companies used to have a head of internet strategy – that was a role ! Early in the career , there was an ad I put in a newspaper looking for the person with ‘ World Wide Web skills ’ and I asked them to fax me their resume . it ’ s a person who likes to interface . If somebody is really embracing technology in their life , if they ’ re running things from iPhone , if they ’ re using the best tools to share information with their friends and family globally , then they ’ re not going to accept some of the practices the industry has . The second thing I ’ m excited about , which I ’ ve been thinking about for at least last 20 years , is how the end-to-end value proposition is always better . But I do think that people are recognising that the choice between value end-to-end and best of breed is a false choice . It can be orchestrated , integrated , and you can have somebody who drives this data-driven operating model for you and then connect components . You do not need to control the black box to allow somebody to work end-to-end effectively . You can work with the central orchestrator ; you can work with somebody end-to-end and then plug in best components and the best components sometimes come from the fintechs and sometimes they come from competitors . The third thing I ’ m excited about is that
What ’ s made a good day for you during your career ? There are many things but at the end of the day , it just comes to making a true big impact . I think if you ask a typical consultant they ’ d say , ‘ that big project I sold ’. In my time as a consultant , it was really about seeing transformation accomplished and stock price increasing . As an executive , it ’ s the same thing . When you launch your digital assets offerings , or win something because of our ‘ future of custody ’ work , that ’ s winning with an impact for me .
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