Isio, the pensions and investment advisory firm, has secured a new head of IT project management office (PMO) to lead the delivery of its technology innovation programme.

Perminder Chahal has been in financial services project management for most of her career and joins Isio from BNP Paribas Personal Finance. She will be based in the Birmingham office at 1 Colmore Square.

Perminder’s role will see her manage the implementation of IT projects across the UK-wide network of eight offices as the firm continues to expand its offering.

Matt Glover, chief technology officer at Isio, said:

“This is a really exciting time for Isio as we start to extend the services we can now offer clients. Ensuring we have the capability to deliver technology and digital projects as efficiently and effectively as possible is vital and Perminder’s wealth of experience in managing a variety of change projects means she is the perfect fit for this role.”

Perminder added:

“Isio places huge importance on challenging the status quo and is committed to delivering a number of big projects over the coming months which is really exciting. I’m looking forward to building on the great work achieved to date.”