Thursday July 2, 10:44 AM
UPDATE 2-Peace named StanChart chairman, to quit Experian
LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered (LSE: STAN.L - news) named John Peace as its permanent chairman on Thursday,
prompting him to step down as chairman of financial data company Experian (LSE: EXPN.L - news) .
Peace, 60, has been acting chairman at Standard Chartered since January, when Mervyn King stepped down at short notice to become a Treasury minister.
Peace, a veteran of retail and financial services who attended Sandhurst Military Academy and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, will quit as chairman of Experian once a new chairman is found. He will remain chairman of Burberry Group (LSE: BRBY.L - news) .
The appointment rules Peace out of the running for the chairman's role at part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY.L - news) , which he had been linked to.
Former Citi chairman Win Bischoff is the hot favourite to land that role, although the search is still in progress.
Peace had also reportedly been short-listed to become chairman of supermarket group J Sainsbury.
He has held a number of top roles in financial services and retail, which Standard Chartered said includes extensive international experience and a thorough working knowledge of Asia.
Most of the jobs have been linked to retailer GUS and its spin-offs. He was GUS chief executive for six years from 2000, after joining the company in 1970.
In 1980 he co-founded CCN, a trading company formed by GUS to provide information services to retailers and other lenders. CCN later became Experian, a FTSE 100 firm, where he was CEO and then chairman when it was demerged in 2006.
He has been Burberry chairman since 2002 and oversaw its flotation.
Standard Chartered has weathered the financial crisis better than most rivals thanks to its Asia focus and traditionally strong capital and liquidity.
'The group is in excellent shape, as you can see from our recent trading update, and I look forward to continuing to work with our great management team and board,' Peace said.
By 0900 GMT, Standard Chartered shares were up 0.4 percent at 1,186 pence, Experian was unchanged at 455.25p and Burberry was up 1.1 percent at 426.5p.
(Reporting by Steve Slater and Victoria Bryan; editing by Simon Jessop) Keywords: STANDARDCHARTERED/CHAIRMAN
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