Standard Chartered Names New UAE Chief Executive

Tom Burroughes

11 September 2018

has appointed a new chief executive for its United Arab Emirates business, with Rola Abu Manneh taking over from Julian Wynter, who retires after 26 years at the bank. The new CEO’s appointment takes effect immediately.

Prior to this, Rola Abu Manneh was senior managing director and head of corporate and investment banking at First Abu Dhabi Bank. She’s worked in the finance and banking fields for more than 25 years, working in domestic and international roles.

Rola Abu Manneh holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Operational Research from the University of London – Royal Holloway & Bedford New College.

Her appointment follows a number of C-suite executive changes made by the UK-listed bank last week. Standard Chartered has created the expanded role of group chief operating officer, hiring former Commonwealth Bank of Australia senior figure David Whiteing. He is based in Singapore and reports to StanChart’s chief executive, Bill Winters. Doris Honold, the existing group COO, now works with Whiteing and Michael Gorriz (group chief information officer) to split operations from technology and integrate them with its existing COO function.

Among other recent moves, the UK-listed bank appointed Ravi Ramakrishnan as managing director, market head, Global South Asian Community (GSAC), private banking. It also appointed Sajith Menon and Benedict John as directors and relationship managers of GSAC. Ramakrishnan is based in Singapore, reporting to Srinivas Siripurapu, regional head, private banking, ASEAN and South Asia, and global head, GSAC. Also based in Singapore, Menon and John report to Vishal Jain, managing director, market head, South and South East Asia, private banking. Prior to joining the bank, both were directors in private banking at Bank of Singapore.