Standard Bank has appointed three business development executives in its wealth division to focus on building business in emerging markets. Segun Okubanjo, who will be based in the Stanbic offices in Lagos, Nigeria, and Jack Rezayeff, who will be based in London, will focus on developing private client business, while Innokenty Alekseev, who will also be London-based, will concentrate on specifically building trust business. Mr Okubanjo will be Standard Bank’s first private banker to be based in Africa, underlining the bank’s plans to build business in West Africa. Mr Alekseev is a lawyer trained in Russia and at Stanford University who has worked in investment and private banking in Moscow, where he was responsible for developing and delivering products and services for HNW and UHNW clients. Mr Rezayeff joins with a background in a financial management consultancy for high net worth individuals.