Leadership Moves
Written by: Aster Bancod, Executive Communications, CDO Magazine
Updated 7:00 AM EDT, October 21, 2026

Robert J Sala, Prudential Financial Chief Information Officer, U.S. Businesses & Enterprise Functions
Prudential Financial has expanded Robert Sala’s role to Chief Information Officer, U.S. Businesses & Enterprise Functions. Sala shared the news in a LinkedIn post. In the role, he is responsible for technology strategy, delivery, architecture, and technology risk across the company’s U.S. businesses and enterprise functions.
Sala most recently served as Head of Technology, US Businesses at Prudential Financial. In that position, he was responsible for technology strategy, delivery, and architecture across the company’s U.S. retirement, insurance, and advisory businesses.
Before that, Sala served as Prudential Financial’s Global Chief Technology Officer, where he was accountable for technology infrastructure and operations, architecture, and emerging technology across the company’s businesses and functions worldwide.
Earlier, he served as Global Chief Architect, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technology, leading a centralized architecture function and the firm’s innovation agenda across generative AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.