{"id":695661,"date":"2023-06-15T07:06:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T05:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=695661"},"modified":"2023-06-15T07:17:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T05:17:35","slug":"unsurpassed-african-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/695661\/unsurpassed-african-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsurpassed African capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guido Haller is the Head of Global Markets for Standard Bank. In this role, Haller is primarily responsible for the strategic direction and management of the bank&#8217;s Global Markets division, ensuring we are able to serve our customers by delivering market-based solutions accurately and consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/corporateandinvestment.standardbank.com\/cib\/global\/insights\/we-believe-in-here?cid=WD_ApVUw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/corporateandinvestment.standardbank.com\/cib\/global\/insights\/we-believe-in-here?cid=WD_ApVUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about Standard Bank<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Haller was born in Mombasa, Kenya, and spent most of his formative years there before completing his higher education in Scotland. He has worked in various parts of the world, including Zurich, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and is currently based in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the goal of using the skills he had learned globally, Haller joined us 15 years ago to help develop Africa&#8217;s financial markets. He is passionate about the continent&#8217;s economic opportunities, diverse cultural background, innovation, and has a hunger for change, believing that we are uniquely positioned to leverage these strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things that differentiate our Global Markets division is its incredibly diverse management team. A team of individuals with global experience, as well as those who have grown up in their individual markets on the continent, providing cognitive diversity that enables the bank to create unique solutions for its clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Global Markets division has approximately 400 specialists, in 21 countries, covering 300 000 customers across five asset classes. Our footprint across Africa and beyond to New York, London and Asia, allows it to provide solutions that our competitors can\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haller says, \u201cThe deep knowledge of each country across the continent, combined with best-in-class risk management capabilities, enables us to offer unique market-based solutions to corporates, governments and individuals across Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a financial institution, we have a strong relationship with our clients, many of whom have grown with us from business banking to international expansion. Our ability to provide solutions by partnering with clients across their organisations is critical to our success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having the right people, in the right places, is indispensable in Global Market operations and Haller believes that local knowledge and experience are the cornerstones of the bank\u2019s unsurpassed African capabilities. They are also key drivers in the way our clients are served, and in their ultimate success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his global experience and passion for Africa, Haller is committed to helping us develop the continent&#8217;s financial markets in order to make a meaningful impact for our clients and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/corporateandinvestment.standardbank.com\/cib\/global\/insights\/we-believe-in-here?cid=WD_ApVUw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/corporateandinvestment.standardbank.com\/cib\/global\/insights\/we-believe-in-here?cid=WD_ApVUw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about Standard Bank<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guido Haller is the Head of Global Markets for Standard Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":695671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[499],"class_list":["post-695661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-standard-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696459,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695661\/revisions\/696459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}