Standard Chartered appoints Ashish Mittal to global head of commodities sales

On Friday, Standard Chartered Bank promoted Ashish Mittal to global head of commodities sales. Mittal will continue to be based in Singapore.

Mittal reports to David Carr, global head of sales, financial markets, and Vincent Van Pelt, global head of commodities and equities, financial markets. He replaces Sean Mulhearn who resigned earlier this month to pursue personal interests.

Mittal was previously Standard Chartered's regional head of South and Southeast Asia sales for financial markets. Mittal's earlier portfolio will now be separated regionally. Richa Khanduri who was previously co-head of South Asia sales for financial markets along with Muthu Kumar will now assume sole responsibility for sales in the South Asia...