Ramos joined the board of Standard Chartered as an independent non-executive director in January 2021, and she was appointed chair of the board risk committee and senior independent director in 2022.

United Kingdom banking giant Standard Chartered has appointed South African banking veteran Maria Ramos as its new chairperson.

Standard Chartered Plc named Maria Ramos to succeed Jose Vinals as chair. Ramos joined the board as an independent non-executive director in January 2021, and previously ran Africa-focused lender Absa Group. She was picked as chair after an “extensive global search,” Standard Chartered said in a statement Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) -Standard Chartered appointed Maria Ramos as chair to succeed Jose Vinals, who is approaching the end of his nine-year term, the lender said on Tuesday. Ramos, 65, joined Standard Chartered's board as an independent non-executive director in January 2021 and was the head of South African bank ABSA Group Ltd from 2009 to 2019,