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Dr Linda Yueh, CBE

Independent non-executive director

Linda Yueh

Appointed

Linda Yueh was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC and the Court of Standard Chartered Bank in January 2023.

Board committee membership

Experience

Linda is a renowned economist and financial broadcaster with a diverse range of skills and experience across financial services, technology, not-for-profit and business-to-business service sectors.

Career

Linda has held various academic and advisory roles after starting her career as a corporate lawyer. Linda was Economics Editor at Bloomberg News from 2010 to 2012 and Chief Business Correspondent for the BBC from 2013 and 2015.

She was a Visiting Professor at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2019 to 2022. She was an Adviser to the UK Board of Trade from 2020 to 2023, and served on the Independent Review Panel on Ring-Fencing and Proprietary Trading for HM Treasury from 2021 to 2022.

From 2011 and 2013, Linda held non-executive directorships with Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Plc, London & Partners Ltd and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income Plc. She was Senior Independent Director of Fidelity China Special Situations Plc from 2019 to 2022, Trustee and then Executive Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society from 2016 until 2025, and a Trustee of the Coutts Charitable Foundation from 2014 until 2023.

Linda was awarded a CBE for Services to Economics in the 2023 New Year Honours List.

External appointments