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G20 summit should keep global recovery continuing
By Jaspal Singh Bindra (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-09-21 09:04 About the author Jaspal Singh Bindra is CEO Asia of Standard Chartered Bank. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1998 and was appointed a Director of Standard Chartered Bank in August 2007. In addition, he is also a member of the Group Management Committee. Jaspal is currently the CEO Asia. His responsibilities include to develop strategy, drive stronger regulatory and government relations, address governance issues and monitor performance. He also oversees all the M&A activities in Asia, acts as a senior contact role for major clients, regulators, governments and NGO relationships and aims to maintain good relationships with host governments, specifically regulators in Asia and the UK. Jaspal chairs the Diversity & Inclusion initiative group wide. The focus is to improve diversity on Ethnicity, Gender & Disability across the entire Standard Chartered footprint and to facilitate adoption of world leading inclusive practices. Previously Jaspal was the Regional CEO, South East and South Asia from Dec 2005 to September 2007. Prior to that, he held various management roles including Global Head of Client Relationship for Wholesale Bank and Chief Executive Officer for India. He is the Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited and Prime Financial Holdings Ltd. He also sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd and Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank, Jaspal was with UBS Investment Banking. He began his career with Bank of America in 1984 and worked with them across Treasury Markets and Consumer Banking in India and Singapore. Jaspal is a member of the Visa Asia Pacific Senior Advisory Council and a Board member of Vital Voices Global Partnership. Jaspal is 49 years old and a qualified Chartered Accountant and MBA. He is married with one son.
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