Standard Chartered Names 50-Year-Old Manus Costello CFO After Months-Long Search
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 18
Standard Chartered Names 50-Year-Old Manus Costello CFO After Months-Long Search
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 18
Manus Costello, 50, became Standard Chartered’s chief financial officer effective immediately, taking over from Diego De Giorgi after the bank’s months-long search.
London-based Costello joined the lender in 2024 as global head of investor relations, giving him less than 2 years inside the bank before the promotion.
Before joining StanChart, he co-founded and led research at Autonomous Research, where he covered both Standard Chartered and larger rival HSBC as a banking analyst.
The appointment puts a former longtime critic of the Asia-focused lender in charge of its finance function, closing a leadership gap left by De Giorgi’s abrupt departure.
A former critic is now CFO. Can he reconcile market pressures with the bank's long-term survival in Asia?
From bank analyst to bank CFO: What does this rare career leap signal about the future of financial leadership?