STANDARD CHARTERED STAN.Lappointing Christos Papadopoulos-CEO | Reuters

Standard Chartered today announced the appointment of Christos
Papadopoulos as Regional CEO for the Middle East and North
Africa. Christos replaces Shayne Nelson, who moves to Singapore
as CEO of the Private Bank. The appointment will be effective
September 1

Christos will be responsible for the Middle East and North
Africa. He will be based in Dubai and report to V. Shankar, CEO
EMEA and Americas.

For the last 4 years, Christos has successfully led and
transformed the Financial Institutions practice within the
Wholesale Bank. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Christos
was Senior Partner at KPMG in London where he specialised in the
Financial Sector for over 17 years. Christos has lived and
worked in the Middle East, having been on the Board of KPMG
Middle East, and Chairman of KPMG Kuwait and Saudi Arabia