Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2011

Dec 30, 2011

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29 December 2011

Standard Chartered PLC

As required by Listing Rule 9.6.14, Standard Chartered PLC ('the Company') announces that it received notification today from John Paynter, a non-executive director of the Company, that he has been appointed a non-executive director of Standard Life plc, with effect from 1 January 2012. John Paynter will also be appointed as chairman of Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited where he has served as a non-executive director since December 2010.

Enquiries:

Barbara McAll, Deputy Group Secretary, 0207 885 7758

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC comprises:

Chairman:

Sir John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors:

Mr Peter Alexander Sands; Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini; Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra; Mr Richard Henry Meddings and Mr Alun Michael Guest Rees;

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr Richard Delbridge; Mr James Frederick Trevor Dundas; Ms Valerie Frances Gooding, CBE; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth; Mr Rudolph Harold Peter Markham (Senior Independent Director); Ms Ruth Markland; Mr John Gregor Hugh Paynter; Mr Paul David Skinner and Mr Oliver Henry James Stocken.