Suresh Balaji will join Lloyds Banking Group as Chief Marketing Officer on 16 October. The Chief Marketing Officer will oversee the group-wide Brand, Marketing and Experience function. Suresh will be responsible for creating and maintaining the Group's strong, inclusive and sustainable portfolio of brands, developing marketing strategies, driving creative excellence, and designing customer experiences to contribute to business growth.

Suresh joins the Group from Standard Chartered Bank where he was Global Head of Marketing Communications, leading the function across Consumer, Private and Business Banking, based in Hong Kong. Prior to this, he spent 17 years at HSBC where he held various regional, country and global leadership roles, latterly as Chief Marketing Officer for the Asia-Pacific region. His earlier career includes marketing and sales roles at United Breweries, WPP and GSK.