Vinay Gandhi

Current Role & Background

Vinay Gandhi serves as Global Head of GSAC and Regional Head of AMEE at Standard Chartered Global Private Bank, where he oversees private banking operations across major wealth centers. Gandhi has 30 years of international experience in the financial services industry, of which the majority has been in Wealth Management. He has managed senior client advisory teams as well as personally serviced ultra-high net worth (UHNW) families with a broad range of complex financial needs.

Gandhi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a major in Finance from the California State University, Fullerton, USA. He started his career in Hong Kong in 1991 and was based there until 1997, and has been residing in Singapore since 1997, with Singaporean nationality.

Career History

• Global Head of South Asian Community and Regional Head of Africa, Middle East and Europe, Standard Chartered Private Bank (from January 2024)
• Regional Head, ASEAN and Global Head, Global South Asian Community, Private Banking, Standard Chartered (joined Q1 2022)
• CEO for Singapore and Deputy CEO, Asia, Bank J. Safra Sarasin (joined 2017)
• Regional Market Manager for Southeast Asia, UBS Wealth Management, leading relationship managers across Thailand, Malaysia, and Philippines
• Senior positions with Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup Private Bank

What Gandhi could bring to Global Head of GSAC and Regional Head of AMEE: With three decades in wealth management and proven success scaling private banking operations across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, Gandhi brings deep expertise in serving ultra-high-net-worth clients and building high-performing teams across diverse markets. His two years overseeing Standard Chartered's Singapore private banking business delivered robust growth, positioning him well to drive expansion in the strategically important GSAC and AMEE regions where HNW and UHNW wealth is accelerating.