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Eugenia Planas is a Deputy Governorship Chief Information Officer at the Bank of England, leading the delivery and management of the technical services supporting much of the Bank’s operations, including Payments, Markets and Banking systems.

Her previous roles at the Bank include Head of Applications and Product Engineering, leading the teams delivering products capability with detailed solution enterprise architecture and cloud delivery. She was also Head of Digital Services, responsible for all end user technology, front line functions and day-to-day operation of datacentres.

For the 750 colleagues working in Technology Directorate, Eugenia acts as a sponsor and advocate for gender diversity. She has also been at the forefront of the Bank’s efforts to embrace flexible working and supporting assistive technologies.

Prior to joining the organisation, Eugenia had extensive service management experience through roles in outsourcing companies such as Capgemini and Computacenter. She worked with customers in the Financial Services area, Public Sector and Advisory, focusing on strategic alignment of account services against contractual commitments.