Standard Chartered today announced the appointment of Tracy Wong Harris as Head of Sustainable Finance for Greater China and North Asia.

The appointment, effective immediately, underlines the bank’s efforts to support its clients across Asia, Africa and the Middle East with sustainable financing.

Based in Hong Kong, Tracy Wong Harris will focus on the Bank’s sustainable finance strategy in the region by developing new products and solutions, further incorporating environmental, social and governance considerations into banking decisions, and identifying sustainable finance opportunities for clients. She joins the Bank from the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, where she was Deputy Secretary General, and helped position Hong Kong as a leading global green and sustainable finance centre.

Prior to joining HKGFA, Tracy Wong Harris had over 16 years of financial markets experiences across various fixed income and complex structured products in JPMorgan, Mizuho International, Barclays Capital and BNP Paribas based in London and Hong Kong. She established the Liquidity Risk Management and Chief Investment Office Independent Valuation functions across 14 countries in the Asia Pacific, risk managed the legacy Bear Stearns most illiquid securitised portfolio globally during her JPMorgan tenure.

Tracy Wong Harris received her MSc and BA in International Finance and Capital Markets in the United Kingdom. She graduated from the Oxford Said Business School in Social Finance and is a certified member of Hong Kong Treasury Markets Association (HKTMA).

The hire is in addition to several recent key appointments in London and Singapore, including:

• Chris Helme, CFO, Sustainable Finance;
• Teng Cheng, Director of Finance, Sustainable Finance;
• Jaclyn Dove, Managing Director, Head, Strategic Initiatives;
• Alex Kennedy, Head, Sustainable Finance Solutions;
• Joanne Khew, Lead, Strategic Partnerships, Asia;
• Tanya Popeau, Lead, Strategic Partnerships, Europe & Americas.