Standard Chartered PLC — Board/Management Information 2016

Jun 27, 2016

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Standard Chartered

STANDARD CHARTERED PLC

渣打集團有限公司

(Incorporated as a public limited company in England and Wales with registered number 966425)

(Stock Code: 02888)

BOARD CHANGE

Standard Chartered PLC ("the Company") announces that Simon Lowth (aged 54), an independent non-executive director since May 2010 and Chair of the Board Financial Crime Risk Committee has decided to step down from the Board to focus his time on his recently announced appointment as Group Finance Director at BT Group plc. Mr Lowth will ensure a smooth handover of his role as Chair of the Board Financial Crime Risk Committee to his successor, who will be announced in due course, before stepping down from the Board on 31 July 2016.

Sir John Peace, Chairman said "On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Simon for his significant contribution to the Group over the past six years. We wish him well for the future".

Additional information

There are no matters relating to the resignation of Mr Lowth that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

By Order of the Board

Elizabeth Lloyd, CBE

Group Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 27 June 2016

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

Chairman:

Sir John Wilfred Peace

Executive Directors:

Mr William Thomas Winters, CBE and Mr Andrew Nigel Halford

Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr Om Prakash Bhatt; Dr Kurt Michael Campbell; Dr Louis Chi-Yan Cheung; Mr David Philbrick Conner; Dr Byron Elmer Grote; Dr Han Seung-soo, KBE; Mrs Christine Mary Hodgson; Ms Gay Huey Evans, OBE; Mr Naguib Kheraj (Senior Independent Director); Mr Simon Jonathan Lowth and Ms Jasmine Mary Whitbread

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Jon Tracey - Media queries
jon.tracey@sc.com +44 20 7885 7613

James Hopkinson - Investor queries
james.hopkinson@sc.com +44 20 7885 7151

Notes to Editors

Standard Chartered

We are a leading international banking group, with more than 86,000 employees and a 150-year history in some of the world's most dynamic markets. We bank the people and companies driving investment, trade and the creation of wealth across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, where we earn around 90 per cent of our income and profits. Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, Here for good.

Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India.

For more information please visit www.sc.com. Explore our insights and comment on our blog, BeyondBorders. Follow Standard Chartered on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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