Simon Kellaway

Simon Kellaway is Managing Director, Global Head of Sales and Regional Head of Greater China and North Asia, Financing & Securities Services (“FSS”) within Standard Chartered’s Financial Markets division.

In this role, Simon is responsible for the global business development and client segment teams within FSS and leads the end-to-end delivery of Standard Chartered’s Securities Services and Prime Services proposition in the core North Asian markets of China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.  His broad responsibilities include business development, relationship management, client service, product development and core operational delivery. 

Simon is a seasoned financial services professional with over 30 years of experience in the international banking industry.  He joined Standard Chartered Bank in November 2019 from Royal Bank of Canada Investor & Treasury Services where his most recent position was Chief Operating Officer Global Client Coverage and Global Client Operations.  Prior to RBC, Simon led HSBC’s Equity Finance Product Management function focused on the build-out of its equity prime brokerage business in addition to the enhancement of its synthetic financing proposition. Simon started his career at JP Morgan where he spent 20 years in various management roles across business development and client relationship management within its prime brokerage, corporate banking and securities services divisions.

Simon is based in Hong Kong, but was educated in the UK, where he was awarded an economics degree from The University of Sheffield and an MBA from The London Business School.