Kemei Sun and Jeffry Szeto have joined the bank’s project and export finance team based in Hong Kong. Before this appointment, Sun spent 11 years in WestLB’s project finance and relationship management teams, and is a specialist in the energy and infrastructure industries. Sun comes on board as a director, and brings experience of China and North Asia.

Jonathan Hubbard joins the team as an analyst in the portfolio analysis group based in London. He was previously an analyst in ANZ’s former project finance group, managing the mining and metals and shipping and aircraft portfolios. At Standard Chartered, Hubbard will be responsible for managing the metals and mining and aircraft portfolios.  The performance analytics group is key to the success of the project and export finance business, claims the bank, and Hubbard provides additional expertise to this important team. He reports to Mark Whitman, head of portfolio analysis and management.

Furthermore, Jai Gurtoo joins in Dubai as an associate, reporting to Ravi Suri, head of project finance, Middle East. Gurtoo has been with Standard Chartered for three years since he graduated.

Priya Narasimhan joins in Singapore as an analyst.

William Rathvon, Standard Chartered’s global head of project and export finance says: “We continue to build our franchise and extend our leadership position as we hire top industry talents. With the industry expertise and experience that they bring, we have even stronger capabilities to serve our clients “needs.”