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Standard Chartered appoints Global Head of Credit Trading
Hire to strengthen Fixed Income Trading leadership team
Region: Greater China and Japan, Middle East & Pakistan, Korea, South East Asia, India and South Asia, Americas, Europe, Africa Published by:
Valerie TAY
Date:
27 May 2009
Fixed income trading
27 May 2009, Singapore – Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Brent Eastburg as its new Global Head of Credit Trading. Brent is based in Singapore and will report directly to Remy Klammers, Global Head of Fixed Income Trading.
Brent is responsible for Standard Chartered’s global credit trading operations where he will lead and manage the credit trading team in executing the Bank’s business strategies. He will also support and develop collaborations between the credit trading business and the other business entities within Standard Chartered.
“I am very pleased to be joining Standard Chartered Bank. The Bank has a wide base of quality clients and I look forward to working with the team to further deepen these business relationships. The credit trading team is outstanding in delivering effective solutions to meet client’s diversification needs and objectives and I see many opportunities to continue growing the business successfully,” said Brent Eastburg.
“Brent has exceptional experience in credit trading that would complement our team’s strengths. As a Bank, Standard Chartered is focused on strengthening our leadership and capabilities in order to provide value-added solutions to its core client base across Asia, Africa and the Middle East and to support their business needs in Europe and the Americas,” said Remy Klammers.
Brent brings strategic and hands-on experience in credit trading, high yield trading and portfolio management to Standard Chartered. He joins Standard Chartered from Ravenscourt Capital Partners in London where he was a Managing Partner managing the Credit Hedge Fund portfolio. Prior to that, Brent headed the trading team under the Capital Markets business at The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Brent’s career experience includes Crédit Lyonnais in London where he was responsible for European Credit Portfolio Management as well as Lehman Brothers in New York, London and Tokyo, where he worked in derivatives, credit trading and high yield trading.
For further information please contact:
Valerie Tay
Wholesale Banking Corporate Affairs
Tel: +65 6725 7792
E-mail: Valerie.Tay@sc.com
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About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered PLC, listed on both London and Hong Kong stock exchanges, ranks among the top 25 companies in the FTSE-100 by market capitalisation. The London-headquartered Group has operated for over 150 years in some of the world’s most dynamic markets, leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Its income and profits have more than doubled over the last five years primarily as a result of organic growth and supplemented by acquisitions.
Standard Chartered aspires to be the best international bank for its customers across its markets. The Group derives more than 90 per cent of its operating income and profits from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, generated from its Wholesale and Consumer Banking businesses. The Group has over 1,600 branches and outlets located in over 70 countries. The extraordinary growth of its markets and businesses creates exciting and challenging international career opportunities.
Leading by example to be the right partner for its stakeholders, the Group is committed to building a sustainable business over the long term and is trusted worldwide for upholding high standards of corporate governance, social responsibility, environmental protection and employee diversity. It employs more than 70,000 people, nearly half of whom are women. The Group’s employees are of 125 nationalities, of which about 70 are represented in the senior management.
For more information, please visit: www.standardchartered.com.
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