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Standard Chartered in Europe and the Americas
The Europe and the Americas business is a centre of expertise for the Bank’s major product offerings, allowing us to provide a wide range of services, platforms and capabilities to meet the growing needs of our clients. As one of the Bank’s fastest-growing client regional franchises, our business in Europe and the Americas is pivotal to delivering the strategic aspirations of the Bank.
Standard Chartered in Türkiye
Standard Chartered has had a presence in Türkiye since 2003, providing corporate and institutional banking products and services to a select number of large multinational corporates and financial institutions. Leveraging Standard Chartered’s vast geographical network, local market knowledge and expertise, our team is able to support our clients with their banking needs across the markets we operate, Europe, America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The Articles of Association for Standard Chartered Bank Turkey
Supporting the local community
Futuremakers ‘MSME Development Programme’ with Youth Business International is a programme that was first launched in 2021 in response to the global coronavirus pandemic to support economic inclusion for young micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) owners across Türkiye. As of March 2023, the Futuremakers programme in Türkiye has reached 1,048 through non-intensive support. 975 young people have received intensive interventions and benefitted from targeted support, learning many new skills to strengthen and rebuild their businesses, including financial management, leadership, learning mindset, resilience and problem solving. Employees from Standard Chartered in Türkiye continue to support the delivery of the programme, using volunteering leave offered by the Bank to share their skills, expertise and insights from the world of business.
Our leaders in Türkiye
Belma Özmen
Independent Non-Executive Director & Audit Committee Chairman
Belma joined Standard Chartered Türkiye subsidiary in September 2019. She has over 35 years of experience in the banking industry in Türkiye, having held leading positions in foreign and local banks.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Belma was the Chairman of the Board of Directors in JPMorgan Chase Bank Türkiye Branch and spent 30 years in JPMorgan Chase Bank in various senior risk management positions.
Kaşif Atun
CEO and Global Banking Head, Standard Chartered Türkiye
Kaşif has been with Standard Chartered Türkiye for over 12 years. He has more than 29 years of CEO, Corporate and Institutional Banking experience.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Kaşif was CEO American Express, Türkiye and spent 17 years with American Express Türkiye and New York.