Company: Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company Description: Standard Chartered Malaysia is a member of the Standard Chartered Group and was locally incorporated on 1st July 1994. As the first bank in Malaysia for over 130 years since 1875, it has a network of 31 branches. Its core businesses in Malaysia are in Consumer Banking and Wholesale Banking. Standard Chartered employs nearly 4,000 employees in its Malaysian operations.

Nomination Category: Company, Office & Product Awards Categories

Nomination Sub Category: Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program

Nomination Title: Standard Chartered's 'Living with HIV/AIDS' Programme

   1. Tell the story about what this nominated company achieved in the past year (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

The 'Living With HIV/AIDS' (LWHA) Team has successfully demonstrated its commitment for meaningful, results oriented engagement with staff and a wide cross section of partners in meeting the objectives of the LWHA programme. Our partners include the Ministry of Health, Malaysian AIDS Council, international student body AIESEC and homes sheltering HIV/AIDS mothers and children - Rumah Wake and Rumah Solehah.

In 2005, close to 100% of all staff in Standard Chartered Malaysia have been trained on LWHA.Standard Chartered continues to be amongst very few corporations, if not the only corporation in Malaysia, that has led the way in incorporating LWHA as part of its induction programme for new joiners and an e-learning progarmme on HIV/AIDS for all staff.

In May 2005, Standard Chartered became a leading example of an organization that practice what it preaches in Malaysia with the roll out of the HIV/AIDS Policy. This policy effectively prevents discrimination or prejudice at the workplace for Standard Chartered staff in dealing with HIV/AIDS. It extensively covers HIV Testing, Screening & Confidentiality, Harassment & Discrimination, Sick Leave and Absence through HIV/AIDS Illness, Redeployment and Alternative Employment of HIV/AIDS Employee, Mother to Child Transmission and Anti-Retroviral Therapy.

A key highlight of our engagement with the Malaysian AIDS Council was the "Riding for Life' - bicycle race held in 2003 and 2005 which raised a total

of RM350,000.00 - whilst expanding HIV/AIDS awareness in small towns and rural areas along the route of the race. The outreach programme for HIV/AIDS in the small towns and rural areas during the race reached over 700 people.

AIESEC is the largest international student organization comprising over 1 million members in 87 countries - providing an excellent platform to enhance

the international responsiveness of LWHA from Malaysia to the world.

Malaysian HIV Champions trained 30 AIESEC Malaysian members including 6 international students from UK, USA, Denmark,Czech Republic and India. They in turn trained over 3,000 students from six public universities in Malaysia in 2003.

In 2005, Malaysian HIV Champions trained 42 AIESEC Malaysian members and 10 international students from UK, Scotland, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Czech Republic, Japan and the Philippines. The group has now trained a further 5,000 students in Malaysia.

Standard Chartered Bank's engagement with Rumah Wake and Rumah Solehah - two homes which provide shelter and care for HIV mothers and children not only involved our annual sponsorship for rent and provisions. Our level of engagement include weekly activities between our staff and the children such as reading, Quran recital, tuition and picnics as well as home maintenance activities such as gardening, cleaning and painting. A team of volunteers from the Bank are currently training the residents and children of these homes on the use of computers which the Bank contributed.

For effective advocacy on HIV/AIDS, Standard Chartered Bank was the only corporation in Malaysia to receive the prestigious Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Award by the Malaysian AIDS Foundation in 2004. In 2005 and 2006, the bank was selected to win the Silver Quill Award by the International Association of Business Communicators for successfully leading private sector intervention on HIV/AIDS.

In November 2005, UNICEF Malaysia awarded Standard Chartered Bank the Advanced Humanity Corporate Award for its commitment to and effective implementation of its HIV/AIDS programme.

   2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, http://www.youraddress.com:

Online resource is only via Bank's intranet.

Supporting materials for this entry were submitted offline and are available to judges upon request.

   3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader of this nominated company:

Shayne Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director for Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad who is responsible for the implementation of the Group’s business strategies and overall Corporate Governance not only for the Bank but also for the Group’s operations in Malaysia. This includes Scope International (M) Sdn. Bhd. and IT-365 Sdn. Bhd. which form the Group’s Global Shared Service Centre which was established by the Group to promote and market Standard Chartered’s financial products. Shayne also sits on the Standard Chartered PLC Executive Committee.

Shayne brings with him over 25 years of solid and wide-ranging experience in the banking industry.

He joined Standard Chartered in 1997 as Regional Head of Audit, Corporate & Institutional Banking covering Asia Pacific and India. He was then appointed the Regional Head of Credit for Hong Kong, China and North East Asia before being appointed Chief Risk Officer for Wholesale Bank, which is a global position covering over 50 countries within the Standard Chartered network.

Throughout his career, he has held numerous challenging positions in two of Australia’s major banks, Westpac Banking Corporation and the National Australia Bank.  His roles in these two banks included periods in corporate finance, debt restructuring and senior positions in retail and wholesale banking.

In addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Malaysia, Shayne sits on the board of directors of Cagamas Berhad, the National Mortgage Corporation; the Malaysian Institute of Banks (IBBM); the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and a council member of the Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM). 

Shayne is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Managers.