Sethu Venkateswaran is a finance professional with over 35 years of experience in different areas of banking, such as retail banking, operations, information technology, and audit/risk management. Before his present appointment, he had been managing the Group-wide retail banking business of ABC from 2004.Venkateswaran is former chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank in Bangladesh. He started his banking career in 1980 in India at Punjab National Bank, where he managed several functions from branch management, small business, and technology and technology audit. In 1992 he moved to Standard Chartered Bank and served in different countries and regions such as United Arab Emirates, Gulf Cooperation Council, South Asia, and Levant. He pioneered the ISO 9002 certification for Trade Operations of Standard Chartered Bank Middle East.
