Re Directorate

Standard Chartered PLC
19 February 2001



STANDARD CHARTERED BOARD APPOINTMENT

Standard Chartered PLC announces the appointment to the Board of Rudy Markham
as a Non Executive Director, with immediate effect.  

Rudy Markham is Finance Director of Unilever.  He joined that company in 1968.
From 1989 to 1998 he was based in East Asia, latterly as Business Group
President North East Asia based in Singapore.  He joined the Board of Unilever
as Strategy and Technology Director and a member of the Executive Committee in
May 1998 and was appointed Finance Director in August 2000.  

Rudy Markham studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he gained a Masters
Degree in Natural Sciences.  He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants and of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.  

Sir Patrick Gillam, Chairman, Standard Chartered PLC, commented:

'Rudy Markham brings with him great knowledge of our markets in the Asia
Pacific and broad experience in one of the world's most successful
international corporations.  This will be of great value to Standard
Chartered.  He is a most welcome addition to the Board.'


For further information please contact:

Pamela McGann       Group Head External Affairs       [phone]
Tim Halford       Director of Corporate Affairs       [phone]

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