Zarin Daruwala, Cluster CEO, India & South Asia, Standard Chartered, arrived in Dhaka recently for her first official visit to Bangladesh. Zarin was accompanied by Heidi Toribio, Regional Co-Head, Client Coverage, Asia, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB), Standard Chartered.
Over the course of the four-day visit, they met with regulators, the Bank’s clients, and other important stakeholders. In addition to being Zarin’s first official visit to Bangladesh, the trip marked the first visit by the Bank’s senior regional heads since 2020.
The key agenda for the visit was to further deepen the Bank’s long-standing strategic partnership with the nation’s public and private sectors and to help drive forward the nation’s economic aspirations and journey towards prosperity.
Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bangladesh, said, “The pandemic has shed a light on our nation’s resilience and determination – one that was bright enough for the whole world to see. ”
Zarin Daruwala is the Cluster CEO for India and South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka). With a career spanning 31 years, Zarin has worked across a number of banking functions from wholesale banking, agri-finance, corporate finance, corporate planning to investment banking and credit.
Zarin has been featured as part of the “Top 100 Most Influential BFSI Leaders” list, released by the World BFSI Congress and Awards.
She has been recognised as being one of the Top 30 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business by Business Today a grand total of seven times and has been featured as part of the coveted “BT Hall of Fame.”
