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Bank of Ireland appoints Citigroup exec Prag Sharma as chief AI officer
Bank of Ireland recruited Prag Sharma, a Citi AI strategist, to lead its AI function—signal of Irish banks professionalizing AI governance and poaching talent from US mega-banks.
WHY IT MATTERS
European BFSI talent competition heating up; tier-1 bank AI officer hires now mimic C-suite urgency, implying real production stakes, not just pilots.
Source: businessplus.ie · 2026-07-20