Stanbic Leads In CIB Space
Correspondent | Wednesday July 19, 2017 13:44
This was made clear as the Bank engaged media for an intimate discussion session, with guest speaker, Chris Clarkson, Standard Bank Group Regional Head of CIB.
The engagement aimed to share key insights, performance and trends in the sector with media, focusing on the local and regional CIB ecosystems.
What was made clear was the Stanbic Bank Botswana, and the Standard Bank Group, historic leadership in the CIB space, with pioneering and nuanced projects that continue to earn great acclaim even today.
Supported by a robust strategy for the business’s CIB outlook, Clarkson and local Head of CIB, Sheperd Aisam, unpacked the Stanbic Bank Botswana CIB growth in recent years, as well as the various portfolios this encompasses.
“For any business to succeed, a sound strategy is key; one that is flexible, effective and promotes progress.
Stanbic Bank Botswana continues to drive strong performance in line with the Group’s strategy and has continued to yield growth with each financial year.
In addition, Stanbic Bank Botswana is one of the leading performers across the regional footprint, with a remarkably well performing CIB division,” said Clarkson.
“The team in Botswana continues to do a stellar job of growing the CIB capabilities of the Bank, and they have every support from Group level when they need it.
That’s over 150 years of experience and insight.” Stanbic Bank Botswana prides itself in the remarkable capabilities and achievements in the CIB space.
The CIB division of the business has proven experience in the following sectors: Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Oil & Gas, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Mining & Metals, Telecoms & Media, Power & Infrastructure, Power and Real Estate.
Key to making these capabilities even more powerful and effective for stakeholders, the Bank shared, is collaboration and engagement.
“We continue to position ourselves as a leading operation in the market by placing an emphasis driving value for our customers, the Group and communities we operate in.
An important aspect here is working with our valued partners, collaborating as a means towards making progress real, engaging and communicating with our key stakeholders along that journey.
The Media are a key stakeholder for us, and a key player in our value chain, sharing narratives of our community, economy and business efforts.
Not only are platforms such as these vital towards ensuring exchange of information from the Bank to the media, but they are an opportunity to have a two-way dialogue and hear from our media friends their views on the sector and the economy.”
Continued Aisam, “Indeed, it is only through such conversation that we see mutual benefit, growth and ultimately, a better offering for both our customers as Stanbic Bank Botswana, and for readers and listeners of media publications.
Our futures and our prospects are very much intertwined, and so we are grateful for this platform to once more build upon our relationship” shared Aisam.