Simon Cooper (banker)

Simon Cooper
OccupationBanker
EmployerStandard Chartered
TitleChief Executive Officer, Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking and CEO, Europe & Americas

Simon Cooper is a British banker. Since 2018 he has been the chief executive officer of the Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking division of Standard Chartered, its largest global business with approximately USD10 billion in underlying operating income.[1] He also serves as CEO of the bank’s Europe and Americas region and is chairman of the group’s global Diversity and Inclusion Council.[2][3]

Cooper previously spent 26-years at HSBC where he most recently served as chief executive of Global Commercial Banking.[4]

Education

Simon Cooper graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge with an MA in Law and is an alumnus of the Columbia Business School.[5]

Professional career

HSBC Group

Cooper joined the London merchant bank Samuel Montagu & Co. in 1989, as a graduate trainee. Following Samuel Montagu's acquisition by HSBC Group, Cooper became a director in corporate finance with the HSBC in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.[6] Later roles included president and CEO HSBC Korea, managing director and head of Corporate and Investment banking in Singapore and deputy CEO and head of Corporate and Investment Banking in HSBC Thailand. He was appointed a Group General Manager of HSBC in May 2008[7] and responsible for HSBC’s business in the MENA region,[8] and was latterly group managing director and chief executive, Global Commercial Banking.[9]

Cooper was a board member of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (Deputy Chairman), HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E. (Chairman), HSBC Bank Oman SAOG (Chairman) and The Saudi British Bank.

Standard Chartered Bank

On 17 December 2015, Standard Chartered Bank announced the appointment of Cooper to head its Corporate and Institutional Banking business, effective April 2016,[10][11] based in Singapore. He took responsibility for the group's commercial bank two years later, creating the Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) division,[12] providing services to companies and financial institutions in approximately sixty markets around the world.[13]

Cooper serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Standard Chartered Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Prime Minister receives CEOs of Standard Chartered in Singapore | Business | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)". VietnamPlus. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "INvolve Heroes 35 Advocates Role Models 2022". Yahoo News. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ Patrick, Margot. "Standard Chartered Poaches Simon Cooper From HSBC". WSJ. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Advisory Board Chairperson, Lee Kong Chian School of Business". Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Simon Cooper names as Chief Executive Officer by HSBC Bank Middle East". CPI Financial. 5 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Simon N. Cooper". Bloomberg Businessweek.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Meet the people behind our bank". HSBC.
  9. ^ "HSBC names new head of commercial banking". Reuters. 8 July 2013.
  10. ^ "We've appointed Simon Cooper to head Corporate and Institutional Banking - Standard Chartered Bank". www.sc.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  11. ^ sjhmorris, Stephen Morris. "Standard Chartered Hires HSBC's Cooper to Run Investment Bank". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Standard Chartered Creates Asia-Wide Unit in Reorganization". finews.asia. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  13. ^ Shiao, Vivien. "StanChart says its global network gives it an edge over rivals". www.businesstimes.com.sg. Retrieved 7 April 2023.