– UK, London – Standard Chartered PLC (LON: STAN) today announced the appointment of Linda Yueh to its Board as an independent non-executive director effective from 1 January 2023.
“We are delighted to welcome Linda to the Standard Chartered Board. She is a leading economic expert and will bring experience from a number of industries and insights from across our markets. We look forward to benefiting from Linda’s contributions at the Board and Committee discussions,” said Board Chairman, José Viñals.
Linda will also join the Remuneration and Culture and Sustainability Committees.
The Company also announced that independent non-executive Director Jasmine Whitbread would step down at the next AGM.
About Linda Yueh
Linda Yueh is a renowned economist and financial broadcaster. She has a diverse range of experience and skills across financial services, technology, not for -profit, and business-to-business service sectors. These skills and her international perspective and insights are relevant to many of the markets across our footprint. Linda recently served on the Independent Review Panel on Ring-Fencing and Proprietary Trading for HM Treasury, which will bring additional insights into an area of focus for the Company. Linda is a Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University an Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School, and a Visiting Professor at the LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics and Political Science. As a correspondent, Linda worked with an extensive range of topics as Chief Business Correspondent for the BBC between 2013 and 2015 and the Economics Editor at Bloomberg News from 2010 to 2012.
Since 2017, Linda Yueh has built a successful portfolio non-executive career. She currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Rentokil Initial Plc and Segro Plc, both listed on the London Stock Exchange. She is Chair of the Baillie Gifford Schiehallion Fund Ltd, an investment company listed on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange Main Market. Linda will step down from the board of Fidelity China Special Situations Plc where she is currently the Senior Independent Director, ahead of joining the Standard Chartered PLC Board. Between 2011 and 2013 Linda held non-executive directorships with Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Plc, London & Partners Ltd, and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income Plc. Linda is Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society, a Trustee of Malaria No More UK, and a Trustee of the Coutts Foundation.
Linda Yueh said: “I am delighted to be joining the Board of Standard Chartered, I look forward to contributing to the bank’s admirable commitment to sustainable finance and their support of their customers and communities.”
About Standard Chartered
We are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 59 of the world’s most dynamic markets and serving clients in a further 83. Our purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, and our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, here for good.
Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.
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