Lessons On Leadership: Rola Abu Manneh, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank UAE

Lessons On Leadership: Rola Abu Manneh, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank UAE

Lessons On Leadership: Rola Abu Manneh, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank UAE Rola Abu Manneh reflects on what she considers to be one of the most important things she has learnt about leadership.

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It's one thing to be immortalized as the first Emirati woman to head a bank in the UAE- but it's another thing altogether to be known as the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank in the UAE who managed to transform the country's business into one of the biggest five markets for the UK-headquartered Standard Chartered Group.

But Rola Abu Manneh can lay claim to both of these accomplishments in her role as the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank UAE- and she credits it all to the forward-thinking nature of the global leadership team at Standard Chartered, especially when it came to them taking a stand to support a new model of globalization based on transparency, inclusion, and dialogue. "Our leaders displayed exceptional vision and strategic thinking in this regard," Abu Manneh says. "They recognized the immense opportunities in assisting companies access new markets, and leverage international trade corridors. Standard Chartered played a pivotal role in providing financial solutions, market insights,