MOVES-David Mann appointed Standard Chartered's chief economist
Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) 19 (Reuters) - David Mann has been appointed Standard Chartered's chief economist and head of economics research, replacing Marios Maratheftis, the bank said in a statement.
Mann was previously chief economist of Asia at the bank and was regional head of research for the Americas prior to that, according to his LinkedIn (Swiss: LNKD.SW - news) page.
Maratheftis, who joined the bank in 2002, took over as chief economist in 2015 after previously acting as global head of macro research at the bank. He left the bank in November, according to sources familiar with the matter.
(Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh and Tom Arnold in Dubai; editing by Jason Neely)