Andrew Bester

Andrew Bester is currently Director at Global Financial Markets Association.
Current memberships include The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants, Prince of Wales United Kingdom Corporate Leaders Group, The Association of Corporate Treasurers of South Africa, and Chartered Global Management Accountant.
Former roles include Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Co-operative Bank Plc from 2018 to 2020, Chairman at Lloyds Development Capital Ltd., Group Finance Director at Xchanging Ltd. from 2002 to 2004, Director at Standard Chartered Bank Korea Ltd., Global Director-Finance at Deutsche Nederland NV from 1996 to 2002, Director at Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd., Director-Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group Plc in 2017, Chief Operating Officer at Standard Chartered Bank Ltd., Group Chief Financial Officer at Botswana Insurance Holdings Ltd., Financial Manager at Standard Bank Namibia Ltd. from 1990 to 2000, Manager-Finance at Deloitte & Touche (Netherlands) from 1990 to 1993, Head-Wholesale Banking at Standard Chartered Bank (China) Ltd. from 2004 to 2012, Member at ACT 2013 Ltd., Member at The Association for Financial Markets in Europe, Head-Wholesale Banking at Standard Chartered Bank South Africa Ltd. from 2004 to 2012, Chief Financial Officer at Bank Gaborone Ltd., Head-Wholesale Banking at Standard Chartered Bank (Japan Branch) from 2004 to 2012, and Head-Wholesale Banking at ING Groep NV from 2021 to 2026.
Education includes undergraduate degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Stellenbosch.