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Sanjay Gurjar

Managing Director, Regional Head of Banks & Broker Dealers, ASEAN & South Asia

Sanjay Gurjar heads the Banks & Broker Dealers business for ASEAN & South Asia for Standard Chartered Bank. His responsibilities span across these regions in managing SCB’s relationships with Banks, Broker Dealers, and Non-Banking Finance Companies & Institutions.

Sanjay has been with Standard Chartered Bank for twenty-five years, initially with the erstwhile ANZ Grindlays Bank and subsequently with the merged Standard Chartered Bank. Over these years he has worked across all segments within wholesale banking spanning operations, credit, sales, relationship management and investment banking having had successful leadership stints in Trade Operations, Transaction Banking, Corporate Banking and Financial Institutions.

Until recently, Sanjay headed the Financial Institutions business for India & South Asia where he successfully led in strengthening our deep FI franchise in this region. Prior to that role, he led the Transaction Banking business for India & Nepal with responsibilities spanning Trade Finance, Cash Management and Securities Services. He spearheaded initiatives focused on both maintaining SCB’s leadership position in this space as well as delivering on the digitization agenda that is transforming the world of banking. Prior to that, Sanjay spent just over a decade in the Financial Institutions segment culminating with successfully heading this business for India along with running the FI Strategic Client Coverage team. Sanjay spent the first decade of his career with SCB initially in the Transaction Banking space in Operations and Sales and subsequently in Corporate Banking covering Credit Assessment and Relationship Management.

Sanjay previously served as a Director on the board of Swift India. He is currently co-chair of the Regional Country Management Team for North India, a Co-Sponsor on Gender Equality on the D&I Council for SCB India and a member of the Country Talent Accelerator Forum at SCB India.

Sanjay has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, prior to which he completed his Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University and worked at Tata Motors for two years. He is married with two children and is fond of travelling, photography, long distance running and badminton.