SCB announces the appointment of Mr. George Akello as a Non-Executive Director of the Company effective 29th October 2020

 MR. GEORGE AKELLO is the Chief Risk Officer for Standard Chartered Bank with risk oversight responsibilities for the Standard Chartered subsidiaries in East Africa. In this role he is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Bank’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework and associated policies in Kenya and across the East Africa Cluster. He is also the Regional Credit Officer for Africa, Middle East and Pakistan (including Jersey and Falklands).

George has over 20 years of experience working primarily in Senior Audit and Credit and Risk roles within Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, and East Africa.

He holds a BSc. in Statistics and Computer Science from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Kenya.

 He is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania.