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On the public record as of Oct 28, 2026, 48 of the 141 large banks profiled name a chief AI officer, head of AI or equivalent AI lead on their profile. Ranked by matching leaders, the top 5 are Lloyds (6 named leaders), UBS (US) (5 named leaders), UBS Group AG (4 named leaders), TD Bank Group (3 named leaders) and BBVA (3 named leaders). Lloyds's strongest evidence: Ron van Kemenade, Group Chief Operating Officer (Chief Data and AI Officer reports to him); Sameer Gupta, Chief Data and AI Officer (joined June 2026 from DBS, where he was Chief….
141 banks profiled (120 US, 21 non-US) · 48 with matching evidence · ranked answer, not a comparison
Which of the large banks have a chief AI officer or head of AI?
| # | Bank | Matching leaders | Named leader and role | Status | Date | On this site | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lloyds | 6 | Ron van Kemenade, Group Chief Operating Officer (Chief Data and AI Officer reports to him); Sameer Gupta, Chief Data and AI Officer (joined June 2026 from DBS, where he was Chief… | 16 named leaders | Oct 14, 2026 | Lloyds profile → | Lloyds Banking Group ↗ · Lloyds Banking Group ↗ |
| 2 | UBS (US) | 5 | Daniele Magazzeni, Group Chief AI Officer (from 1 January 2026, ex-JPMorgan); Richard James, Head of AI Product (describes advisor agents) | 15 named leaders | Jul 13, 2026 | UBS (US) · ai strategy → | UBS ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 3 | UBS Group AG | 4 | Daniele Magazzeni, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (from 1 January 2026; formerly Chief…; Richard James, Head of AI Product | 16 named leaders | Jul 13, 2026 | UBS Group AG profile → | UBS Group AG ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 4 | TD Bank Group | 3 | Luke Gee, Chief Analytics and AI Officer (title in TD releases to May 2026; Head of AI…; Maksims Volkovs, SVP and Chief AI Scientist; co-founder, Layer 6 | 19 named leaders | Sep 22, 2026 | TD Bank Group profile → | TD Bank Group ↗ · TD Bank Group ↗ |
| 5 | BBVA | 3 | Antonio Bravo, Global Head of AI Transformation (from 28 May 2026); Global Head of Data from…; Elena Alfaro, Global Head of AI Adoption | 17 named leaders | Oct 6, 2026 | BBVA profile → | BBVA ↗ · BBVA ↗ |
| 6 | BNY | 3 | Sarthak Pattanaik, Chief Data and AI Officer; led the 2023 consolidation of AI work into the AI…; Michael Demissie, Head of Applied AI | 17 named leaders | Oct 1, 2026 | BNY · ai strategy → | Banking Dive ↗ · Fortune ↗ |
| 7 | Standard Chartered | 3 | Mohamed Keraine, Global Head of Digital-WRB and Enterprise Co-Head of AI; Geoff Kot, Global Head of CIB Business Platforms & Partnerships and Enterprise Co-Head of… | 16 named leaders | Oct 5, 2026 | Standard Chartered profile → | Standard Chartered PLC ↗ · Standard Chartered PLC ↗ |
| 8 | Wells Fargo | 3 | Saul Van Beurden, Head of AI; co-CEO, Consumer Banking and Lending; Faraz Shafiq, Head of AI Products and Solutions (from AWS); reports to Van Beurden | 16 named leaders | Jun 19, 2026 | Wells Fargo · ai strategy → | Wells Fargo via FT Markets ↗ · Bloomberg ↗ |
| 9 | Société Générale | 3 | Agnès Lévy-Soussan, Chief Data and AI Officer for the SG French Retail Banking Network; Noémie Ellezam, Group Head of AI (as named on Société Générale's October 2024 page) | 12 named leaders | Jul 28, 2025 | Société Générale profile → | Societe Generale ↗ · Societe Generale ↗ |
| 10 | Santander US | 2 | Iñaki Bernal, Chief AI Officer, Grupo Santander (a group role; Santander US has no named…; Ricardo Martín Manjón, Chief Data & AI Officer, Banco Santander (group) | 23 named leaders | Jun 30, 2026 | Santander US · ai strategy → | Banco Santander ↗ · Banco Santander ↗ |
| 11 | Deutsche Bank | 2 | Dara Sosulski, Head of AI, Corporate Bank and Investment Bank operations and controls division; Max Sommerfeld, Head of Applied AI Engineering; co-author of Google Cloud's account of dbLumina | 19 named leaders | Jul 23, 2026 | Deutsche Bank profile → | Finextra ↗ · Google Cloud ↗ |
| 12 | Citi | 2 | David Griffiths, Group Head of AI (previously Chief Technology Officer); Shobhit Varshney, Former Global Head of AI (joined from IBM September 2025; left April 2026) | 18 named leaders | Sep 22, 2026 | Citi · ai strategy → | Citigroup ↗ · CIO Dive ↗ |
| 13 | BMO Financial Group | 2 | Kristin Milchanowski, Chief AI & Quantum Officer; Founding Director, BMO Institute for Applied AI &…; Lovell Hodge, Head of AI, BMO Wealth (describes purpose-built, continuously learning digital… | 16 named leaders | Oct 14, 2026 | BMO Financial Group profile → | BMO Financial Group ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 14 | Commonwealth Bank | 2 | Ranil Boteju, Chief AI Officer (previously Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Lloyds…; Mary-Anne Williams, Chief AI Scientist (first in the role; started 15 June 2026) | 16 named leaders | May 18, 2026 | Commonwealth Bank · ai strategy → | Commonwealth Bank of Australia ↗ · Commonwealth Bank of Australia ↗ |
| 15 | Goldman | 2 | Daniel Marcu, Partner; Global Head of AI Engineering and Science (joined March 2025 from…; Archana Vemulapalli, Partner; Global Head of AI Product Management and Strategic Relations (leads… | 16 named leaders | Apr 6, 2026 | Goldman · ai strategy → | Goldman Sachs ↗ · The Wall Street Journal ↗ |
| 16 | Deutsche Bank (U.S.) | 2 | Max Sommerfeld, Head of Applied AI Engineering; co-author of the Google Cloud account of…; Dara Sosulski, Head of AI for Corporate Bank and Investment Bank operations and controls… | 15 named leaders | Jul 23, 2026 | Deutsche Bank (U.S.) · ai strategy → | Google Cloud ↗ · Finextra ↗ |
| 17 | Truist | 2 | Pascal Belaud, Chief AI & Data Officer; Tom Mazzaferro, EVP, Chief Data, AI and Analytics Officer (from October 2023; title as of June… | 14 named leaders | Nov 20, 2025 | Truist · ai strategy → | Truist ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 18 | M&T | 2 | Rhea Rajwani, Head of AI Risk Oversight, Independent Risk Management (styled head of AI and…; Kalyana Bedhu, Head of AI Engineering (from August 2026) | 13 named leaders | Oct 1, 2026 | M&T profile → | American Banker ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 19 | Morgan Stanley | 2 | Shailesh Gavankar, Head of AI Strategy and Execution (promoted to managing director, 2026); Koren Maranca, Head of Artificial Intelligence for Wealth Management (client-facing digital… | 13 named leaders | Jul 13, 2026 | Morgan Stanley · ai strategy → | eFinancialCareers ↗ · Reuters ↗ |
| 20 | Raymond James | 2 | Stuart Feld, Chief AI Officer; David Solganik, Head of AI Strategy | 13 named leaders | Sep 8, 2025 | Raymond James · ai strategy → | GlobeNewswire via FT Markets ↗ · Raymond James via Canada NewsWire (Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 21 | HSBC | 2 | David Rice, Group Chief AI Officer (from 1 April 2026; previously Chief Operating Officer…; Dara Sosulski, Head of AI and Model Management | 12 named leaders | Oct 5, 2026 | HSBC profile → | HSBC Holdings plc ↗ · Finextra ↗ |
| 22 | Banco Santander | 2 | Ricardo Martín Manjón, Group Chief Data & AI Officer (the board appointed the role in 2025, reporting…; Iñaki Bernal, Chief AI Officer, Grupo Santander | 12 named leaders | Jun 30, 2026 | Banco Santander profile → | Banco Santander ↗ · Banco Santander ↗ |
| 23 | DBS | 2 | Rajeev Hassamal, Head of Generative AI and Flow of Work (as described in June 2025); Sameer Gupta, Former Managing Director and Chief Analytics Officer (left 2026 to join Lloyds… | 11 named leaders | Apr 20, 2026 | DBS profile → | The Straits Times ↗ · The Business Times ↗ |
| 24 | Capital One | 2 | Prem Natarajan, EVP, Chief Scientist and Head of Enterprise AI; Milind Naphade, SVP, Technology, and Head of AI Foundations | 9 named leaders | Mar 17, 2026 | Capital One · ai strategy → | Capital One ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 25 | JPMorgan | 1 | Sumitra Ganesh, Head of AI Research (since February 2026) | 19 named leaders | Jul 27, 2026 | JPMorgan · ai strategy → | Business Insider (Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 26 | BofA | 1 | Jarrett Bruhn, Head of Data and AI, Global Payments Solutions (AskGPS) | 17 named leaders | Oct 10, 2025 | BofA · ai strategy → | Banking Dive ↗ |
| 27 | Webster | 1 | Ricardo Martín Manjón, Chief Data & AI Officer, Banco Santander (as of August 2025); owns the group… | 17 named leaders | Aug 12, 2025 | Webster profile → | Banco Santander ↗ |
| 28 | HSBC USA | 1 | David Rice, Group Chief AI Officer (from 1 April 2026) | 16 named leaders | Mar 25, 2026 | HSBC USA profile → | Banking Dive ↗ |
| 29 | BMO | 1 | Kristin Milchanowski, Chief AI & Quantum Officer; Founding Director, BMO Institute for Applied AI &… | 15 named leaders | Jun 1, 2026 | BMO · ai strategy → | BMO ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 30 | State Street | 1 | Manoj Bohra, EVP, Chief Data and AI Officer | 14 named leaders | Sep 24, 2026 | State Street · ai strategy → | State Street ↗ · Fortune ↗ |
| 31 | Schwab | 1 | Alison Dooher, Head of AI, Schwab Advisor Services | 14 named leaders | Sep 14, 2026 | Schwab · ai strategy → | Charles Schwab ↗ · Charles Schwab ↗ |
| 32 | Valley | 1 | Nickolaus Lachman, SVP, Head of AI and Data Science | 14 named leaders | Apr 15, 2026 | Valley profile → | American Banker ↗ |
| 33 | U.S. Bank | 1 | Prashant Mehrotra, EVP and Chief AI Officer | 13 named leaders | Sep 2, 2026 | U.S. Bank · ai strategy → | American Banker ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 34 | TD | 1 | Maksims Volkovs, SVP and Chief AI Scientist, Layer 6 | 13 named leaders | Jun 1, 2026 | TD · ai strategy → | American Banker ↗ · TD Bank Group ↗ |
| 35 | City National | 1 | Bobby Grubert, Head of AI and Digital Innovation, RBC Capital Markets (Aiden platform) | 13 named leaders | Jun 1, 2026 | City National · ai strategy → | FinAi News via ABA ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 36 | First Horizon | 1 | Tyler Craft, SVP, Head of Investor Relations; member of the AI working group; earlier head… | 13 named leaders | May 11, 2026 | First Horizon profile → | First Horizon ↗ · nCino (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 37 | Barclays US | 1 | Gaurav Mittal, Head of AI/ML Engineering, Barclays markets division (as of May 2025) | 13 named leaders | May 19, 2025 | Barclays US · ai strategy → | eFinancialCareers ↗ |
| 38 | RBC | 1 | Bobby Grubert, Head of AI and Digital Innovation, RBC Capital Markets (since May 2025; team… | 12 named leaders | Jun 1, 2026 | RBC profile → | American Banker ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 39 | Pinnacle | 1 | Kevin Johnson, Head of AI | 12 named leaders | Apr 21, 2026 | Pinnacle · ai strategy → | American Banker ↗ |
| 40 | UOB | 1 | Alvin Eng, Head of Enterprise AI, Innovation Group | 12 named leaders | Jan 8, 2026 | UOB profile → | CNA ↗ · The Straits Times (Bloomberg) ↗ |
| 41 | First Citizens | 1 | Ash Kaduskar, Head of AI and Advanced Analytics | 11 named leaders | Sep 3, 2026 | First Citizens · ai strategy → | First Citizens Bank ↗ · American Banker Virtual Summits ↗ |
| 42 | Synchrony | 1 | Nimrod Barak, Chief AI Officer (effective 30 June 2026; previously Managing Director, Head… | 11 named leaders | Aug 13, 2026 | Synchrony profile → | Synchrony ↗ |
| 43 | Flagstar | 1 | Robert Martin, SVP, Distinguished Engineer, Head of AI and Engineering (from March 2026… | 11 named leaders | Mar 16, 2026 | Flagstar · ai strategy → | Flagstar Bank ↗ |
| 44 | Barclays | 1 | Gaurav Mittal, Head of AI/ML Engineering for the markets division (as reported in May 2025) | 11 named leaders | May 19, 2025 | Barclays · ai strategy → | eFinancialCareers ↗ |
| 45 | NatWest | 1 | Dr Maja Pantic, Chief AI Research Officer (first holder, appointed June 2025); formerly… | 9 named leaders | Sep 25, 2026 | NatWest profile → | NatWest Group ↗ · NatWest Group ↗ |
| 46 | BNP Paribas | 1 | Charles Holive, Chief AI Officer, Corporate & Institutional Banking (named January 2026… | 8 named leaders | Sep 24, 2026 | BNP Paribas profile → | Banking Dive ↗ · BNP Paribas ↗ |
| 47 | Eastern Bank | 1 | Joseph Chung, Director (innovation and technology expertise; CTO and Head of AI at Rippl… | 7 named leaders | Mar 26, 2026 | Eastern Bank profile → | Eastern Bankshares (SEC filings) ↗ |
| 48 | BancFirst | 1 | Scott Copeland, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, BancFirst; member of… | 4 named leaders | Apr 3, 2026 | BancFirst profile → | BancFirst Corporation (SEC filing) ↗ · BancFirst Corporation (SEC filing) ↗ |
Each row quotes one record from bank profiles; the “On this site” link opens the bank's own page or sub-page with every source. Banks absent from the table have nothing matching on the record this site holds.
How is this ranked?
Data: the 141 bank profiles on this site (lib/banks), every entry dated and sourced: the "AI leadership" list, each person sourced.
Rule: Named leaders whose role matches chief AI officer, head of AI (or of generative AI, machine learning, applied AI, AI research or products), or an equivalent lead title. Score = such leaders; ties by named leaders in all, then the newest source.
Counts: 48 of 141 profiled banks qualify; 78 distinct sources cited in the table. Data checked 2026-10-28; ranking template updated 2026-10-30.
What are the caveats?
Titles are as the bank or the press states them; a bank whose AI lead sits under a technology or data title is not matched.
Banks absent from the table have nothing matching on the record this site holds, which is not evidence that they do nothing. Each row links the bank's own page, where every entry carries its sources.
Which bank ranks first?
Lloyds Banking Group leads with 6 named leaders: Ron van Kemenade, Group Chief Operating Officer (Chief Data and AI Officer reports to him); Sameer Gupta, Chief Data and AI Officer (joined June 2026 from DBS, where he was Chief…. UBS (US) is second with 5.
How many large banks name a chief AI officer or head of AI?
48 of the 141 profiled banks (120 US, 21 non-US groups). Among those listed, 31 are US banks and 17 non-US groups.
What counts, and what does not?
Named leaders whose role matches chief AI officer, head of AI (or of generative AI, machine learning, applied AI, AI research or products), or an equivalent lead title. Score = such leaders; ties by named leaders in all, then the newest source. Source: the 141 bank profiles on this site (lib/banks), every entry dated and sourced: the "AI leadership" list, each person sourced.
Is this a measure of capability?
No. Every row is a sourced fact on the public record: what the bank, a regulator, a filing or an independent outlet has put on the record. The page does not rate how well anything works.
When was this checked, and how often does it update?
The data behind the table was last checked on 2026-10-28 (bank profiles). The page recomputes whenever that dataset changes and is republished with the site; it is never edited by hand.
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