About Us
- Country Chief Executive Officer: Tom Aaker
- Local time: GMT +3 hours
- Language: Arabic (official), English (widely used)
- Population: 833,285 (July 2009 est.)
- Currency name: Riyal (QAR)
- No. of branches: 3
- Established: 1950
Standard Chartered Bank opened its first branch in Qatar in 1950. Today there are 3 branches; one in the West Bay area, one at the D-ring road and the Main branch at the souq area. Standard Chartered Bank Qatar has 6 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and 167employees with 30 different nationalities.
As the oldest foreign bank in Qatar, we enjoy a market share of approximately 27%. The Bank has two core business divisions: - Wholesale Banking and Consumer Banking. These two businesses are supported by the functions of Operations & Technology, Finance, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs. The corporate and institutional business is handled out of the capital of Qatar: Doha
The Bank is ideally positioned to take advantage of the growing trade corridors both between both intra-ME and between ME and Asia. Standard Chartered is fully committed to our markets in the Middle East and remains committed to growing the business, focusing especially on accelerating organic growth:
Standard Chartered is an active member of the communities in which we operate. The Bank supports projects that focus on the socio-economic development of the youth with a heavy emphasis on health and education.
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Principal Office Address : Abdullah Bin Jassim Street PO Box 29 Doha State of Qatar
Tel: +974 465 8555 ; Fax: +974 443 7790