MOVES-StanChart hires ex-HSBC banker Skelton as head of banking

LONDON, Sept 1 (IFR) - Standard Chartered has appointedformer HSBC banker Paul Skelton as global head of banking,responsible for its large corporate and financial institutionclient relationships.

Skelton will be based in Singapore and start in December,Standard Chartered said on Thursday. He will report to SimonCooper, chief executive of its corporate and institutionalbanking unit. He also joined from HSBC.

Skelton was HSBC's head of commercial banking forAsia-Pacific. He has been in banking for 30 years, including 28years at HSBC, where he was previously head of commercialbanking for Middle East and North Africa and head of bankingfor MENA. (Reporting by Steve Slater)