American International Group Inc has announced that Roshan Navagamuwa will be joining the company in December and has been named EVP and chief information officer, effective January 1.

Mr Navagamuwa will report to Peter Zaffino, AIG chairman and chief executive, and serve on AIG’s executive leadership team.

He will be responsible for AIG’s global technology and cybersecurity strategy, managing core infrastructure, technology partnerships and process engineering efforts, and lead AIG’s cloud strategy along with other modernisation technologies.

Mr Navagamuwa joins AIG from CVS Health, where he was executive vice-president and chief information officer.

As part of an established succession plan, the company said, on January 1 John Repko, executive vice-president and chief information officer, will step down from his present role and will serve as a senior adviser to Mr Zaffino to assist with the transition of the CIO role and advise on various technology-related initiatives.