Standard Chartered

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Standard Chartered is a financial services company headquartered in London. It was formed in 1969 through a merger of the Standard Bank of British South Africa, founded in 1863, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, founded in 1853.[1]

Revolving door

  • Ann Grant, former High Commissioner to South Africa, has been Vice Chairman of Standard Chartered Capital Markets Ltd since 2005.[2]
  • Paul Skinner, a Non-Executive Director since November 2003, was on the Defence Board since January 2010, which is the highest non-ministerial committee in the UK Ministry of Defence.[3][4][5]
  • U.K. Life Peer Ian Stewart, Lord Stewart of Portmoak was Deputy Chairman, Standard Chartered plc from 1993 to 2004.[6]
  • Tim Sykes, Non-executive Director at UK Financial Investments Ltd is a former Standard Chartered Treasurer.[7]
  • U.K. Life Peer and former Foreign Office Minister Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, was appointed an International Advisor to Standard Chartered plc in 2006.[8]

Lobbying firms

Former lobbying firms

Contact

Website:
http://www.standardchartered.com/home/en/index.html
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Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Standard Chartered, History, accessed 06 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Who's Who 2009, GRANT, Ann, online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 24 March 2009.
  3. ↑ MoD, Consolidated Departmental Resource Accounts 2009-2010, Ministry of Defence, accessed 06 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Robertson, David, "Business big shot: Paul Skinner," The Times, 06 August 2007, accessed 06 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Standard Chartered, Key People > Paul Skinner, Independent Non-Executive Director, accessed 06 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Who's Who 2009, STEWARTBY, online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 24 March 2009.
  7. ↑ UKFI, "Tim Sykes to join UKFI," Press Release, 22 December 2008, accessed 06 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Delgado, Martin, "Ex-Minister's new job... with bank she helped to win foreign contract," Mail on Sunday, 25 November 2006, accessed 06 February 2011.
  9. ↑ Register for 1st December 2013 - 31st February 2014 APPC, accessed 29 January 2015