Executive Spotlight: Lori Beer, Global Chief Information Officer of JPMorganChase
Lori Beer is the Global Chief Information Officer of JPMorganChase and a member of the firm's Operating Committee. She is responsible for technology systems and infrastructure worldwide, which the firm's leadership page puts at a $19.8 billion budget and approximately 65,000 technologists.
She joined the firm in 2014, later became CIO of the Corporate & Investment Bank, and before that worked at WellPoint, Inc. American Banker ranked her number 5 on its 2026 list of the Most Powerful Women in Banking.
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Current role and company
JPMorganChase's own leadership page lists Beer as Global Chief Information Officer and a member of the Operating Committee. The page says her technology organization supports the retail, wholesale, and asset and wealth management businesses. American Banker's October 1, 2026 profile confirms she holds the global CIO role and says AI falls under her supervision.
- TitleGlobal Chief Information Officer, JPMorganChase.
- CommitteeMember of the Operating Committee.
- ScopeTechnology systems and infrastructure worldwide, supporting retail, wholesale, and asset and wealth management.
- SponsorshipSponsors the firm's Women on the Move Business Resource Group.
Career path
The leadership page gives few dates, so years appear only where a source states them.
- WellPoint, Inc. Executive Vice President of Specialty Businesses and Information Technology, responsible for a $10 billion business unit, per the firm's page. The Asian Banker adds that she spent over a decade at the insurer, now Anthem, including a role as executive vice president of enterprise business services.
- JPMorganChase, 2014. She joined the firm in 2014. The Asian Banker says she was managing director of global technology for global banking operations from January 2014.
- CIO, Corporate & Investment Bank. The Asian Banker reported her appointment on June 20, 2016, succeeding Mark Ashton-Rigby.
- Global CIO. Her current role. The pages we read do not give the start date.
Education: a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Dayton, plus honorary doctorates from the University of Cincinnati (Commercial Science) and the University of Dayton (Science).
What she is known for
- Running technology at global scale. American Banker reports her department works on over 7,000 applications and nearly an exabyte of data, with technology centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
- Generative AI. The firm's in-house LLM Suite won American Banker's 2025 Innovation of the Year Award. Beer says over 200 applications have been built on top of it.
- AI agents. American Banker says her teams are building many of the bank's AI agents, with back-end work such as writing code and building software the largest use case.
- Recognition. Ranked number 5 on American Banker's 2026 Most Powerful Women in Banking list.
- Education and community. Co-chair of the Teach for America New York Advisory Board and a member of the University of Cincinnati Foundation Board of Trustees; she has endowed scholarships at the Universities of Cincinnati and Dayton to increase diversity in STEM careers.
Leadership style and philosophy
We found no full interview or talk transcript. American Banker quotes Beer stressing that "the proper risk framework" must be in place before AI agents act autonomously. It also reports she expects AI costs to fall over time, making the technology more widely accessible.
Key numbers
These figures come from JPMorganChase's own page or from American Banker citing the company, and are not independently audited.
- Technology budget$19.8 billion (JPMorganChase leadership page; American Banker, October 2026).
- TechnologistsApproximately 65,000 (leadership page).
- Active customers86 million (American Banker, October 2026).
- ApplicationsOver 7,000 (American Banker).
- Digital paymentsAround $12 trillion a day (American Banker).
- Coding assistant effect10% to 20% reduction in the coding portion of the software lifecycle, per the company (American Banker).
- LLM SuiteOver 200 applications built on it, per Beer (American Banker).
What to watch next
Worth tracking: how AI agents move from back-end coding into other operations, how the firm reports on AI costs, and further updates to LLM Suite.
Questions people ask
Who is Lori Beer?
She is the Global Chief Information Officer of JPMorganChase and a member of its Operating Committee.
What is Lori Beer's current role?
Global Chief Information Officer, per JPMorganChase's leadership page, confirmed by American Banker in October 2026.
When did Lori Beer join JPMorganChase?
In 2014, per the firm's leadership page.
Where did Lori Beer work before JPMorganChase?
WellPoint, Inc. (now Anthem), where she was Executive Vice President of Specialty Businesses and Information Technology.
How large is JPMorganChase's technology organization?
The firm's page cites a $19.8 billion budget and approximately 65,000 technologists.
What is LLM Suite?
JPMorganChase's in-house large language model platform. American Banker reports over 200 applications have been built on it and that it won the publication's 2025 Innovation of the Year Award.
Sources
- JPMorganChase: Lori Beer · Title, scope, career, education, photo
- American Banker: Most Powerful Women in Banking 2026, #5 Lori Beer · Current role, AI work, figures, quote
- The Asian Banker: J.P. Morgan names Lori Beer as corporate and investment banking CIO · 2016 appointment and earlier career
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Top photo: JPMorganChase (jpmorganchase.com/about/leadership/lori-beer)