Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has made a new hire to support its digital transformation strategy.

Emma Gray has joined ANZ as chief data officer, responsible for the bank’s data strategy including how it is defined, gathered, managed and protected.

Based in Sydney, Gray will work with other teams across ANZ to oversee the creation of a “business intelligence capability”, said Maile Carnegie, group executive of digital banking at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group.

Gray was previously chief loyalty and data officer at Woolworths, having previously been a partner at US consulting firm Bain & Company. Besides her commercial experience, she has an MBA from Harvard Business School and is on the board of the Melbourne Business School Centre for Data Analytics.

“As our chief data officer, Emma will play a crucial role in ANZ’s digital transformation,” said Carnegie. “How we strategically manage and use our data is fundamental to how we can deliver the best experiences for our customers and build a world-class digital bank.”