Ali Raza

Ali Raza recently joined Standard Chartered as Cluster Head for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), based in Dubai. He brings experience from previous roles at Edmond de Rothschild, Julius Baer, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and Coutts, with over two decades of private banking expertise.

Raza has been a private banker for over 20 years, working for some of the world's biggest and most prestigious banks, including Coutts, Citi, UBS and Julius Baer. Most notably, he served as MENA CEO at Edmond de Rothschild, where as one of the youngest CEOs of any private bank in the region and a member of the Edmond de Rothschild board, he spent six months building the local franchise from scratch, securing the required banking license, setting up the office in Dubai's financial center and hiring a new team.

His focus on growing relationships in every role resulted in him becoming a managing director at Julius Baer aged just 36, one of its youngest ever in the region. He is a keen sports person, enjoying fitness and competitive sports, and applies lessons from sports to banking, emphasizing perseverance and resilience.

Career History

• Standard Chartered – Cluster Head, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
• Edmond de Rothschild – MENA CEO
• Julius Baer – Managing Director
• ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
• Coutts

What Ali Raza could bring to his Cluster Head role at Standard Chartered: Drawing on his proven track record of building franchises from the ground up at Edmond de Rothschild and his two decades of relationship-driven growth across elite private banking institutions, Raza is positioned to scale Standard Chartered's EMEA private banking operations while maintaining the disciplined, sustainable growth model he championed at Rothschild. His ability to recruit and retain senior talent, demonstrated at multiple institutions, combined with his deep knowledge of high-net-worth client acquisition across diverse MENA markets, should enable him to drive expansion in the bank's private banking footprint across one of its strategically critical regions.