Chief Technology Officer and member of the Executive Committee.
(1967, Nationality: American)
Deborah Waters began her career at aerospace group Lockheed Martin in 1989 before moving to software consultancy group Seer Technologies.
In 1995, she joined Citigroup Inc., where she held various technology leadership positions in the intervening years. Most recently she served for over five years as Citi's Global Head of Private Bank Operations and Technology. Additionally, Ms. Waters was the Head of Inclusion and Diversity for Citi’s Institutional Client Group Operations and Technology.
Previous roles at Citigroup include leading Client Centric and Equities Technology, supporting the Equities, Research, Commercial Bank, Citi Velocity, and Markets Sales businesses. She also served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Markets Technology organization during her tenure there. Before moving to Markets Technology, Ms. Waters managed Markets and Operational Risk Technology for the organization where she started as a developer of risk solutions.
Ms. Waters joined Aegon in February 2022 as Chief Technology Officer and is a member of Aegon's Executive Committee. In addition, Ms. Waters was named Transamerica's CTO in May 2025 to lead an integrated technology organization that combines Transamerica’s technology services and Aegon’s global technology services. In her capacity as CTO of Transamerica, she is also a member of Transamerica’s Executive Committee.
Ms. Waters is a member of the Board of Directors of RanMarine Technology BV (not-listed).