Directorate Change

Standard Chartered PLC
06 August 2007


Date:   6 August 2007


 Standard Chartered PLC appoints Gareth Bullock as Group Executive Director of
                    Standard Chartered PLC and Jaspal Bindra
                     as Director of Standard Chartered Bank


Gareth Richard Bullock has been appointed Group Executive Director of Standard
Chartered PLC.


Jaspal Singh Bindra has been appointed Director of Standard Chartered Bank (an
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered PLC, which was
incorporated in England with limited liability by Royal Charter in 1853).


John Wilfred Peace, Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of Standard
Chartered PLC will join the Audit and Risk Committee.


All these appointments are effective from 6 August 2007.


Mr Bullock, 53, is responsible for governance of Africa, Middle East, Europe and
the Americas and is already a Director of Standard Chartered Bank. He has had a
long and successful career in commercial and investment banking. Mr Bullock
joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1996 as CEO, UK/Europe Region.


He has subsequently held a range of senior positions including Head of Corporate
and Institutional Banking, Hong Kong, China and NE Asia, Group Head Technology
and Operations and Director of Strategy.


Mr Bindra, 46, is Regional CEO for South East and South Asia with governance
responsibility for the region. He has a broad international banking background.
He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1998 as CEO India. Prior to his current
role Mr Bindra was Global Head of Client Relationships, Wholesale Banking. He is
also on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) PCL, Prime Financial
Holdings Limited, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and SCOPE
International (M) Sdn Bhd. He is the Chairman of Standard Chartered Nepal
Limited, Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Limited and Scope International
Private Limited, India.


Mr Peace, 58, joined the Board of Standard Chartered PLC as Non-Executive
Director and Deputy Chairman on 1 August 2007.


Mervyn Davies, Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC, said


'I am very pleased with Gareth's appointment as Group Executive Director of
Standard Chartered PLC. Gareth will be a great addition to the Board. He brings
excellent banking experience and strategic insight'.


Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered PLC, said

'I am delighted that Jaspal has become Director of Standard Chartered Bank.
Jaspal has a broad banking knowledge and international regulatory experience
which will benefit the governance of Standard Chartered Bank'.


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Notes to editors


Biographies


Gareth Bullock

Gareth was appointed as a Director of Standard Chartered Bank in 2003, and
became Director, Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas in 2006.


Prior to his appointment as a Director, he was Group Head of Strategy and prior
to that Group Chief Information Officer and CEO Africa.


Gareth has held other senior positions in the Group such as Head of Corporate &
Institutional Banking, HK, China and NE Asia and CEO, UK/Europe Region.


Commencing with Citibank, Gareth has had a long career in both commercial and
investment banking and joined Standard Chartered in 1996.


He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Spirax Sarco Engineering PLC, in
2005 and was appointed as a Non-executive Director of Fleming Family & Partners
in 2006.  In April 2007 he became Chairman of Mcashback Limited.


Gareth studied at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and graduated with an MA in
Modern Languages.  He also studied in France.


Gareth is married with three sons and his interests include France, languages
and ornithology. Gareth was born in 1953.


Jaspal Bindra

Jaspal Bindra is currently the Regional CEO for South East and South Asia. He is
also a member of Standard Chartered Group's General Management Committee (GMC).
He is on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) PCL, Prime Financial
Holdings Limited, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and SCOPE
International (M) Sdn Bhd. He is also the Chairman of Standard Chartered Nepal
Limited, Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Limited and Scope International
Private Limited, India.


Prior to this, he has been the Global Head Client Relationships, Wholesale
Banking for Standard Chartered Bank based in Singapore, where he was responsible
for all client relationships and commercial banking products across all the 56
countries that SCB operates in.


Before moving to Singapore in January 2003, he was CEO India region where he
successfully led the acquisition of ANZ Grindlays to make SCB the largest
international bank, a position that it enjoys to date.


Jaspal joined SCB in 1998 after four years with UBS Investment Banking.  He
began his career with Bank of America in 1984 and worked with them across
Treasury, Capital Markets and Consumer Banking in India and Singapore.


Jaspal is 46 years old and a qualified Chartered Accountant and MBA. He is
married with one son.


Standard Chartered - leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East


Standard Chartered PLC is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Hong
Kong Stock Exchange and is consistently ranked in the top 25 among FTSE-100
companies by market capitalisation.


Standard Chartered has a history of over 150 years in banking and operates in
many of the world's fastest-growing markets with an extensive global network of
over 1,400 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) in
over 50 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East,
Africa, the United Kingdom and the Americas.


As one of the world's most international banks, Standard Chartered employs
almost 60,000 people, representing over 100 nationalities, worldwide. This
diversity lies at the heart of the Bank's values and supports the Bank's growth
as the world increasingly becomes one market.


With strong organic growth supported by strategic alliances and acquisitions and
driven by its strengths in the balance and diversity of its business, products,
geography and people, Standard Chartered is well positioned in the emerging
trade corridors of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.


Standard Chartered derives over 90 per cent of profits from Asia, Africa and the
Middle East. Serving both Consumer and Wholesale Banking customers worldwide,
the Bank combines deep local knowledge with global capability to offer a wide
range of innovative products and services as well as award-winning solutions.


Trusted across its network for its standard of governance and corporate
responsibility, Standard Chartered takes a long term view of the consequences of
its actions to ensure that the Bank builds a sustainable business through social
inclusion, environmental protection and good governance.


Standard Chartered is also committed to all its stakeholders by living its
values in its approach towards managing its people, exceeding expectations of
its customers, making a difference in communities and working with regulators.


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