Standard Chartered appoints Vinay Gandhi in regional private banking role
Industry veteran to also lead Global South Asian Community business.
Standard Chartered has appointed Vinay Gandhi as Regional Head, ASEAN and Global Head, Global South Asian Community, Private Banking, subject to regulatory approval. Vinay will be based in Singapore and report to Raymond Ang, Global Head, Affluent Coverage, when he joins the Bank in the first quarter of 2022.
Vinay has 30 years of international experience in the financial services industry, of which the majority has been in Wealth Management. He has managed senior client advisory teams as well as personally serviced ultra-high net worth (UHNW) families with a broad range of complex financial needs.
He is joining from Bank J. Safra Sarasin, where he was mostly recently CEO for Singapore and Deputy CEO, Asia. Before that, Vinay was the head of UHNW Asia as well as covering Southeast Asia, International Markets and External Asset Managers when he joined in 2017.
Before Bank J. Safra Sarasin, Vinay was with UBS Wealth Management as Regional Market Manager for Southeast Asia where he led a large team of relationship managers servicing high net worth (HNW) and UHNW clients in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as the International Clients and Financial Intermediaries businesses. Prior to UBS, he held senior positions with Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup Private Bank. Vinay started his career in Hong Kong in 1991 and was based there until 1997. He has been residing in Singapore since 1997 and is Singaporean by nationality. Vinay holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a major in Finance from the California State University, Fullerton, USA.
Raymond Ang said: “Vinay’s profound knowledge of affluent clients in Standard Chartered’s footprint markets and proven track record in leading effective teams will be a strong addition to our team. I look forward to Vinay’s leadership to grow our business to the next level.”
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