John Leto was appointed as President and CEO of The Standard Chartered Private Bank, Americas in January 2010. John is based in Miami and is responsible for the governance, business development, strategy implementation and execution of Standard Chartered’s Private Banking business in the Americas.

John Leto is a strategic wealth management executive with Fortune 50 as well as start-up experience. An expert in organizational development and sales effectiveness, he has led initiatives focused on growing and transforming wealth management businesses, as well as structuring organizations to optimize the effectiveness of human capital and sales management.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered, John was a partner at a start–up private bank, Alpha Capital Financial. Before entering into this entrepreneurial venture, John held several senior management roles at Citigroup, where he was Head of Citi Private Bank’s New York office, and also served as The Citigroup Private Bank’s Chief Administrative Officer, with responsibility for Latin America, Asia, Europe, Middle East and the US.

John holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Organizational Psychology (with distinction) and a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from Hofstra University, a Master of Science in Management from NYU-Poly (NYU’s School of Engineering) and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from New York Institute of Technology.