Bank of America just made its AI ambitions a lot more concrete. The bank announced a series of senior leadership appointments on July 17 designed to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across its Global Markets division, including a notable move to build out a dedicated global digital assets platform.
Who’s running what
Kevin Milsom has been tapped to lead platforms AI transformation. His mandate is straightforward in theory but enormous in practice: embed AI capabilities into the infrastructure that powers BofA’s global markets operations.
Amy Avery’s Analytics, Modelling & Insights team, known internally as AMI, has been folded into the global platforms group. That’s a structural signal, not just a personnel one. It means data-driven decision-making is being physically wired into the same organizational unit responsible for the platforms traders and clients actually use.
Then there’s Sonali Theisen, who picked up the most interesting portfolio of the bunch. She’s been named head of the global digital assets platform while continuing to oversee Global FICC E-trading and strategic investments.
