Key People

Ruth MarklandRuth Markland joined the Board of Standard Chartered PLC as a Non-Executive Director on 3 November 2003.

Ruth is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the WRVS and a Non-Executive Director of The Sage Group plc. Previously Ruth was Managing Partner, Asia for the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, responsible for the firm's eight offices in Asia between 1996 and 2003. Prior to that Ruth worked for Freshfields in London and Singapore. She first joined Freshfields in 1977 and became a partner in 1983.

Ruth studied law at Southampton University. She currently lives in the UK.