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    About our business

    Standard Chartered’s people and leadership

    Our people help deliver our strategy, unlock value for our clients and make us the Bank we are today.

Meet our leadership

Our governance structure

Our Board is responsible for:

Under its Terms of Reference, the Board has direct responsibility for specific matters, including approval of the Group’s long-term objectives, purpose, valued behaviours, culture and commercial strategy.

The Management Team comprises the Group Chief Executive and the Group Chief Financial Officer, client segment CEOs and global function heads. It has responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Group and for executing its strategy.

Working at Standard Chartered

Talent we invest in

We offer the opportunity and investment needed for a job to grow into a rewarding career, as well as access to innovative learning solutions, exposure to different markets and cultures, flexible working practices, fair, fixed and performance-related pay and the opportunity to lead with purpose. Colleagues bring expertise, skills, ambition, and a desire to grow.

Prosperity through diversity

We offer the opportunity to be part of a diverse family of colleagues, where voices are respected and heard, in an environment where we challenge the status quo. Colleagues bring curiosity, ideas and an open mind.

We offer work that you can be proud of, a safe environment built on belonging and trust, connection to the world’s most dynamic markets and access to volunteering days for our global impact programmes.

Colleagues bring integrity, values and a desire to create a future of which we can all be proud.

Our 2026 cohort of Managing Directors

“A promotion to Managing Director recognises that the individual has consistently stepped up to lead at the highest level,” said Group Chief Executive Bill Winters.

“Please join me in congratulating our new Managing Directors on their outstanding and well-deserved achievement. I hope their journeys continue to inspire others across the Bank, and I look forward to their continued contributions in shaping our future success.”

Our new Managing Directors

NameMarketBusiness / Function
Thomas ParkerUnited KingdomCFCR
Victoria MadleyUnited KingdomCFCR
Ahmed TahaUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Anand VenkateswaranSingaporeCIB
Angel SivanIndiaCIB
Carla SlimUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Celine LuoHong KongCIB
Daniel SolowayUnited KingdomCIB
Desiree TanSingaporeCIB
Fukuhiro EzawaJapanCIB
Gary ChengHong KongCIB
Geoffrey KendrickUnited KingdomCIB
Jai DavdaUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Julie LamHong KongCIB
Kamran S ChaudhryUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Kevin ZhangChinaCIB
Kunal KhaitanUnited StatesCIB
Madhu MenonSingaporeCIB
Marilyn FungSingaporeCIB
Mustafa KhalidUnited KingdomCIB
Nade Ali ShahUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Noubar SofoianUnited StatesCIB
Peter WillmottUnited KingdomCIB
Piyush B ChaturvediIndiaCIB
Rakshita JoshiUnited StatesCIB
Rene MichauUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Rex GuoHong KongCIB
Rishi KishoreSingaporeCIB
Sabir AhmedUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Samyak JainIndiaCIB
Sarah AlkhelaiwiSaudi ArabiaCIB
Shaheryar QureshiUnited KingdomCIB
Shazib JavaidUnited Arab EmiratesCIB
Sophia Li ShufangChinaCIB
Stanley ChanHong KongCIB
Suki CooperUnited StatesCIB
Virendra DhirSingaporeCIB
Waqar ChaudryUnited KingdomCIB
Wilson GeHong KongCIB
Aditya MurarkaSingaporeGCFO
Arun K SridharanSingaporeGCFO
David LockUnited KingdomGCFO
Harsh ParikhSingaporeGCFO
Rakesh Hasmukhlal VoraIndiaGCFO
Subhash Raj KurupIndiaGCFO
Vivian MC HungHong KongGIAI
Yuxuan ZhangSingaporeGIAI
Dennis JJ NgUnited KingdomGroup Chief Executive’s Office
Adrian TanSingaporeLCS
Helen PinderUnited KingdomLCS
Ji Hyun KimHong KongLCS
Kyle MK ParkKoreaLCS
Maggie FanChinaLCS
Ella FarrowUnited Arab EmiratesS&T
Jacinta TeoSingaporeS&T
Vaikunth SrinivasanIndiaS&T
Wasim Ben KhadraUnited Arab EmiratesS&T
Lukasz ChrinPolandT&O
Mohamed FairoozUnited Arab EmiratesVentures
Deepak KVSingaporeWRB
Louis TsangHong KongWRB
Mina HM LeeHong KongWRB
Rizwan Hussain RavjaniSingaporeWRB
Sarah LimSingaporeWRB
Serene TaySingaporeWRB
Teresa TahSingaporeWRB

*Subject to regulatory approval, where relevant.