{"id":14361,"date":"2026-01-21T15:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14361"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:11:46","slug":"standard-chartered-names-dalu-ajene-as-africa-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=14361","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered names Dalu Ajene as Africa CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Standard Chartered has announced the appointment of Dalu Ajene as CEO of the bank\u2019s operations in Africa, with dual responsibilities as head of coverage for the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Until this appointment, Ajene, with over 25 years\u2019 experience in the global financial services sector, was the CEO of Standard Chartered Nigeria, a role he assumed in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>StanChart sweeps out nearly 100 software apps<br \/>HSBC, Standard Chartered tested by geopolitical woes as valuations climb<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before joining Standard Chartered, he was the CEO of Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Ajene holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his appointment, Ajene said across the region, Standard Chartered remains a key partner in trade finance, structured solutions and development finance.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Standard Chartered\u2019s leaning on wealthy Africans to drive growth<br \/>Standard Chartered names Maria Ramos as chair<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working closely with our experienced teams across Africa to accelerate growth across our Corporate &amp; Investment Banking and Wealth &amp; Retail businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He takes over from Kariuki Ngari, who served as CEO for Africa, and Sarmad Lone\u2019s Africa coverage portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Standard #Chartered #names #Dalu #Ajene #Africa #CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Chartered has announc&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[279,9838,529,7668,9837,210,1201],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}