The Board of Directors of Standard Chartered PLC announced the appointment of Christine Hodgson as Senior Independent Director effective from 1 February 2018. Christine has been an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since September 2013 and has chaired the Remuneration Committee since May 2015. She is also a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee, the Audit Committee, Brand, Values and Conduct Committee and the Board Financial Crime Risk Committee.  Christine takes over from Naguib Kheraj as Senior Independent Director who will remain as Deputy Chairman, Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Board Risk, Board Financial Crime Risk, Remuneration and Governance and Nomination Committees.