Stella Choe, Global Head, Global Subsidiaries, Standard Chartered

Stella Choe is a senior banking executive with more than 25 years of experience in the international banking sector working with some of the world’s largest companies and financial sponsors.

Stella was appointed to the position of Global Head, Global Subsidiaries on the 27th of November 2023. In this role she leads Standard Chartered’ s corporate and commercial client’s international subsidiaries, operating outside of their home country. Her global team provides them an array of financial products and solutions to support their international business.

Stella has held a variety of senior positions across Asia, EMEA, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Prior to her current appointment, she was the Head of Global Subsidiaries Group, APAC and Head of Global Network Banking, APAC at Citibank. Previously she was the Head of Corporate Banking and Financial Institution group, Australia and New Zealand at Citibank.

Stella spent six years in Hong Kong developing a regional Acquisition Finance group and a regional Fund Coverage business for HSBC. Prior to HSBC, Stella led the EMEA Leverage and Acquisition Finance Syndication division at Morgan Stanley, structuring and distributing a wide variety of cross border M&A related financings, LBO’s, restructurings, and emerging market transactions. Stella began her career in finance in New York originating High Yield transactions at JP Morgan.

Prior to her banking career, she worked with several international organisations including the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. She also worked with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Brussels working on migration and trafficking issues. In 2003, Stella took a sabbatical to volunteer with UNICEF in their APAC regional headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand where she developed corporate partnerships across the region.

Stella has been an active mentor for the Women in Banking and Finance. She was a member of the 100 Women in hedge Funds Hong Kong chapter. She previously sat on the Advisory Council of the Royal Opera House in London. Apart from spending time with her two children, she enjoys fly fishing, skiing, opera, arts and bikram yoga.

Stella holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.