Company: Standard Chartered Bank
Position: Chief Executive Officer, UAE
Sector: Banking and Financial Services
She assumed her current position in August 2018, becoming the first Emirati woman to head a bank in the UAE. Standard Chartered Bank UAE launched the Women in Technology Program, through which it contributed funding to 12 startups, which raised more than $5 million from investors, according to November 2021 data. Abu Manneh previously served as General Manager and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at First Abu Dhabi Bank. In November 2022, the bank launched a sustainable, Sharia-compliant account in the UAE, to use its deposits to finance sustainable projects.
