Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) announced that Alla Whitston has joined as Chief Information Officer for the Americas and Matt Abrusci has joined as General Counsel for the Americas. Whitston is responsible for all IT strategy, infrastructure, architecture, and technology systems for all corporate and business functions within the company. As General Counsel, Abrusci is responsible for the overall management of legal affairs and board of directors administration related to MUFG's combined operations in the Americas.

Whitston most recently served as the Chief Information Officer for Silicon Valley Bank/First-Citizens Bank. Previously, she served as the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President for CIT Group and has also held technology leadership roles at Bank of America, JP Morgan Investment Banking/Bear Stearns, and Goldman Sachs & Co. Most recently, Abrusci served as the Global Head of the Capital Markets Law Group of the Royal Bank of Canada.

Prior to this role, he served as the Head of Americas for RBC's Capital Markets Law Group. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of legal leadership positions for Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, including as General Counsel for the Americas Investment Banking & Capital Markets Law Group, and for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.