Standard Chartered adds bench strength to investment banking business

Andrea Casati joins Corporate & Investment Banking team

Singapore – Standard Chartered is pleased to announce that Andrea Casati is joining the Bank on 6 May as Head of Client Development, Global Banking.

Andrea joins from UniCredit, where he was most recently Vice Chair, Advisory and Financing Solutions. His three decades in investment banking have also included senior roles in equities sales and trading, equity capital markets and advisory at JP Morgan, UBS and Goldman Sachs in Europe, the US and Asia.

Based in Hong Kong, Andrea will work with product and coverage partners to deepen key relationships in the Bank’s target client sectors and help drive cross-sell. He will be a member of the Global Banking Management Team and report to Henrik Raber, Global Head, Global Banking.

“Our clients across existing and newer sectors are asking us to support them with an increasingly wider range of cross-border advisory, financing, risk management and transaction services,” said Henrik. “Andrea’s deep experience complements our existing bench strength and client relationships, and is indicative of our commitment to, and success in, bringing in additive talent to help us build out our Banking capabilities.”

Andrea said: ““I am excited to join Standard Chartered and to have the opportunity to work closely with Henrik and the Global Banking Management Team in capturing the opportunities presented by the Bank’s extraordinary footprint. I look forward to contributing to the continued success of Standard Chartered by bringing my international experience to an organization renowned for its unparalleled passion for serving clients.”

For further information please contact:

Alvina Neo
Standard Chartered