Standard Chartered Bank SL bids goodbye to CEO Jim McCabe

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka’s outgoing CEO Jim McCabe (left), CEO-designate Bingumal Thewarathanthri (centre) and Standard Chartered Bank CEO ASEAN and South Asia Cluster Markets Nirukt Sapru at the reception

- Pic by Upul Abayasekara

Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka held a reception to bid goodbye to its CEO Jim McCabe who leaves Sri Lanka after serving here since January 2015. 

Top customers and senior management were present at the event. McCabe joined Standard Chartered in 2000 and besides having led the operation in Bangladesh, has functioned as Group Head of Operations for Singapore, Chief Executive Officer of Taiwan, Chief Executive Officer of The Americas and Risk Head for North East Asia, Wholesale Banking. He served as the President of Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd. He served as Country Chief Executive Officer of Taiwan of Standard Chartered Bank and Chief Executive Officer of United States of America Standard at Standard Chartered Plc. He also served as the President of Bank of America, Mexico. His service and experience span diverse geographies ranging from the Americas, South East Asia and South Asia. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, he served as the President of Bank of America in Mexico. He served as Chairman of the Board at Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd. from 1 July 2008 to 31 December 2009 and as its Director from 13 December 2006 to 31 December 2009. McCabe holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, US.