渣打銀行高層大換血

Standard Chartered has tapped former JPMorgan investment banker Bill Winters to be its new chief executive after a mass clear out of its executive team and board following a long period of shareholder discontent at the emerging markets-focused bank.

渣打銀行(Standard Chartered)已任命前摩根大通(JPMorgan)投資銀行家比爾•溫特斯(Bill Winters)爲新任首席執行官。此前，由於股東對這個專注新興市場的銀行長期不滿，該行對其主管團隊和董事會開展了一輪大換血。

Mr Winters, the former head of investment banking at JPMorgan, will in June replace Peter Sands, 53, as CEO at the London-listed bank, which has suffered two years of falling profits and growing pressure from its biggest shareholders for a change in top management.

曾任摩根大通投資銀行主管的溫特斯，將於今年6月接替現年53歲的冼博德(Peter Sands)，擔任渣打銀行首席執行官。在此之前，該行已連續兩年遭遇盈利下滑，其大股東們要求更換最高管理層的壓力也越來越大。

In a radical shake-up of its board, the bank added in the statement on Thursday that Chairman Sir John Peace, 65, will also step down in 2016. It did not name his replacement. One of the leading contenders to replace Sir John is Naguib Kheraj, who is a non-executive director on the StanChart board and worked closely with Mr Winters at JPMorgan.

該行在週四的聲明中補充說，在這輪董事會大換血中，該行董事長、65歲的莊貝思爵士(Sir John Peace)也將在2016年卸任。該行並未指明他的繼任者是誰。目前，接替莊貝思爵士的最有力競爭者之一是納吉布•凱拉吉(Naguib Kheraj)，他是渣打銀行董事會的非執行董事，也曾在摩根大通與溫特斯密切合作過。

One person close to the board said 10 of the bank’s leading shareholders, including Singapore’s Temasek and Aberdeen Asset Management, had spoken up in recent days to say they wanted Mr Sands to go quickly and that had accelerated the bank’s succession plans.

一名與該行董事會關係密切的人士表示，最近幾天，包括新加坡淡馬錫(Temasek)和安本資產管理公司(Aberdeen Asset Management)在內的該行十大股東已作出表態，希望冼博德儘快離任，從而加快了該行的人事交接計劃。

Shares rose 3.3 per cent to 957.22p after the announcement Thursday.

週四，消息公佈之後，該行股價上升3.3%，升至每股957.22便士。