Change to Board of Directors

Standard Chartered PLC
31 July 2000


BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT

Standard Chartered PLC announces that Barry Clare has joined the Board as a
Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.  

Barry Clare (47) is an Executive Director of the Boots Company PLC responsible
for its fastest growing division, Boots Healthcare International.  Prior to
joining Boots in 1991, he gained strategic, international, marketing
experience at Procter & Gamble and Diversey Corporation, latterly as Corporate
Vice President of Marketing.  A graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge, Mr
Clare was educated at Manchester Grammar School.

Standard Chartered also announces that Fred Enlow, Group Executive Director
responsible for Consumer Banking, will be leaving the Board on 31st August,
having reached retirement age.  Mike DeNoma, who was appointed to the Board in
May, will assume Fred Enlow's responsibilities.

Sir Patrick Gillam, Chairman, Standard Chartered PLC, commented:  'I am
delighted to welcome Barry Clare to the Board.  He brings with him a wealth of
retail, international and consumer brand experience, which will be of real
value as Standard Chartered moves forward.

'Fred Enlow, who was the driver behind our retail banking strategy, will be
greatly missed.  He has an able successor in Mike DeNoma.'


For further information please contact:

Pamela McGann     Group Head, External Affairs      44 (0)20 7280 7245
Tim Halford       Director, Corporate Affairs       44 (0)20 7280 7159

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