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Simon Cooper
Board Member since 2026
Nationality Singapore citizen
Born 1967
Simon Cooper has extensive experience within banking and financial markets as a member of the executive management in HSBC and Standard Chartered. He has a profound understanding of banks’ risk management including credit, market, operational, sustainability, data and cyber risks. Simon Cooper also has wide experience of sustainable finance and digital transformation.
Other assignments
Present Chairman
Lee Kong Chian School of Business Advisory Board, Singapore Management University.
Previous key positions
CEO, Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking
Standard Chartered Bank
2016-2024
CEO, Europe & Americas
Standard Chartered Bank
2020-2024
Trustee
Standard Chartered Foundation
2020-2023
Group Managing Director and CEO, Global Commercial Banking– UK
HSBC
2013-2015
Executive Director
HSBC Bank Plc
2013-2015
Chairman
HSBC Bank Oman SAOG
2012-2013
Deputy Chairman and CEO, HSBC Middle East & North Africa – UAE
HSBC
2009-2013
Non-Executive Director
Saudi British Bank
2009-2013
Chairman/Deputy Chairman,
HSBC Bank Egypt SAE
2009-2013
Non-Executive Director
British Arab Commercial Bank
2009-2010
Group General Manager, CEO – Korea
HSBC
2006-2009
Head of Corporate & Investment Banking – Singapore
HSBC
2004-2006
Deputy CEO, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking – Thailand
HSBC
2001-2003
Director, HSBC Investment Bank – Singapore
HSBC
1996-2000
Different positions
Samuel Montagu/HSBC Investment Bank – UK
1989-1996
Education
Master of Laws
Cambridge University