Natalie is a Managing Director and the Head of Social Sustainability for Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”). She works closely with bank’s institutional, corporate, retail, and wealth clients to maximize social impact across the markets and communities where SCB operates. Through new product innovation, blended finance contributions, and commercial partnerships, Natalie mobilizes diverse sources of capital to support of social outcomes. Her focus areas include economic inclusion, gender equality, hunger and food security, quality of living (access to clean water, sanitation, energy, internet), access to healthcare, access to education, and affordable housing. To integrate a focus on social sustainability across the bank, Natalie also sits on the firm’s Global Sustainability Leadership Team.
Natalie has worked for nearly twenty years in global markets with extensive experience in client coverage, structuring, technology, and strategy. Prior to her appointment as the Head of Social Sustainability, Natalie led several projects focused on financial inclusion, gender equality, and privacy and data security across the bank. She is passionate about advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment, specifically around access to banking. Natalie designed and launched the bank’s first dedicated product for women-owned businesses, SC WIN, to improve access to financing to women-run small businesses in Asia and Africa. Natalie sits on several external boards and committees focused on women’s economic empowerment and is also a member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle.
Natalie is a 2007 graduate of the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin with a degree in Finance. She lives in Singapore with her husband, Eric, and two young boys, Jackson and Cameron.