Bill Winters, SC Group Chairman: "If You Dream of Being a Financier, Pay Attention to Social Issues"

Bill Winters, Chairman of Standard Chartered (SC) Group, the parent company of SC First Bank, is conducting an "Untact Career Mentoring" session using a non-face-to-face video system on the 9th with university students aiming for employment in the financial sector. Photo by SC First Bank

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Bill Winters, Chairman of Standard Chartered (SC) Group, who is currently living in Korea for a month, told university students preparing for careers in the financial sector that “if you dream of becoming a financial professional in the future, it is necessary to have an interest in environmental pollution and social issues and to develop financial capabilities to actively solve these problems.”

According to SC First Bank on the 10th, Chairman Winters met with 13 university students participating in the bank’s career mentoring program on the 9th through a non-face-to-face (untact) video system and conveyed this message, emphasizing that “in order to respond to the post-COVID era, it is important to pay close attention to social finance.”

Having arrived in Korea on the 30th of last month, Chairman Winters is deeply experiencing the Korean economy and COVID-19 quarantine system, and with the purpose of nurturing young people’s employment capabilities, he personally took part in SC First Bank’s ‘Untact Career Mentoring.’

He introduced SC Group’s COVID financial support by stating, “SC Group is doing its best to fulfill its social responsibilities by providing financial support worth 1 billion dollars globally to companies suffering from COVID-19 and establishing global charitable funds.”

The theme of this mentoring session was ‘Financial Innovation and Future Financial Careers.’ Chairman Winters introduced his own career as a global financial professional, including his experience on Wall Street in the United States. He then answered questions from domestic university students about ‘Changes in the financial environment due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the post-COVID era’ and ‘Capabilities future financial leaders should possess.’

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