Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S

1. Joseph Silvanus

(Director & Chief Executive Officer) Joseph Silvanus has been with Standard Chartered Bank for more than 27 years. He had earlier assumed the role of CEO Afghanistan, and the Regional Head, Development Organizations, Southern Asia. Prior to joining the Bank, he also worked with other renowned organizations like Pepsi Foods and Voltas in India. He holds a Post Graduate degree in Management and an honors degree in Economics.

2. Karen De Alwis

(Director) Karen is the General Counsel of Standard Chartered Bank in ASEAN & South Asia. She started her career as a banking litigation lawyer and since then, held various legal and compliance roles with Singapore Exchange and several US investment banks including JP Morgan as Head, Private Banking Compliance, Asia. Karen has over 18 years of Legal & Compliance experience in the banking sector. Karen joined the Bank in 2009 and led the global compliance and legal teams for Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Research and Control Room based in HK and Singapore before taking up her current role.

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3.Jitender Arora

(Chairman) Based in Singapore, Jitender Arora manages the Commercial Banking (CB) business globally across Asia, Africa & Middle East in 26 countries for SCB. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2001, overseeing product development for Cash Management. He held several management positions for Transaction Banking, first for South and Southern Asia up to 2010, and then managing TB Sales globally till 2013. He was also Head, Corporate & Institutional Clients, ASEAN from 2013 to 2015. Most recently, he was responsible for the TB business for CB segment globally as well as managing CB business for ASEAN & South Asia. Before joining Standard Chartered, he was heading the consulting division at Nucleus Software Consultancy in India. He holds a Masters in Finance, from the Institute of Management Technology in India.

4. Amrit Kumari Thapa

(Public Director) Amrit Kumari Thapa, Public Director is Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Budgeting, Profit Planning & Control, Tax Laws and Tax Planning. She was earlier the Director in Synchro Media Pvt Ltd and the MD of Vibes Media Pvt Ltd, Kathmandu. She was also associated with Princeton College in the capacity of Instructor cum Teacher. She is presently serving as the Head of Account & Finance Department in Avani Advertising Pvt. Ltd., Kopundole, Lalitpur.

5. Krishna Kumar Pradhan

(Independent Director) Krishna Kumar Pradhan is the Independent Director in the Bank's Board. Prior to his current assignment, he served in Nabil Investment Banking Limited as an Independent Director. He has also served at Naya Nepal Laghu Bitta Bikas Bank, Dhulikhel and Micro Finance Training and Research Institute (MIFTARI) Pvt. Ltd. in the capacity of Chairman. He has more than 28 years of service experience in Nepal Rastra Bank, mainly in the areas of Development Finance, Rural finance, Micro finance, Regulation etc.

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