{"id":224899,"date":"2026-03-18T03:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/stanchart-ai-chief-david-hardoon-exiting-less-than-a-year-after-joining\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:50:10","slug":"stanchart-ai-chief-david-hardoon-exiting-less-than-a-year-after-joining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/stanchart-ai-chief-david-hardoon-exiting-less-than-a-year-after-joining\/","title":{"rendered":"StanChart AI chief David Hardoon exiting less than a year after joining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/banking-finance\/stanchart-ai-chief-david-hardoon-exiting-less-year-after-joining\">StanChart AI chief David Hardoon exiting less than a year after joining<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/banking-finance\/stanchart-ai-chief-david-hardoon-exiting-less-year-after-joining\">https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/companies-markets\/banking-finance\/stanchart-ai-chief-david-hardoon-exiting-less-year-after-joining<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-18 03:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.businesstimes.com.sg\">www.businesstimes.com.sg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"article-published-time\">Published Wed, Mar 18, 2026 \u00b7 03:50 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] The executive leading Standard Chartered\u2019s adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is leaving the emerging markets lender less than a year into his role, according to people familiar with the matter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">David Hardoon, who is based in Singapore, is on gardening leave, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter. He joined the UK lender in April 2025 as global head of AI enablement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">A spokesperson for the bank declined to comment on the departure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">StanChart and banks globally have been increasingly experimenting with AI, by retraining staffers to ensure they are using the technology in their day-to-day work. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Hardoon brought in more than two decades of experience in data and AI across government, academia and banking when joining StanChart. He had previously served as the Monetary Authority of Singapore\u2019s first chief data officer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">StanChart ranked 26th among global banks for AI maturity in the 2025 Evident AI Index, which scores institutions based on their AI talent, research and patent activity, and leadership communications and transparency around AI deployment. BLOOMBERG<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. <span class=\"inline border-none p-0 font-lucida text-inherit text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal !-tracking-5% text-verticals-btblue !underline outline-none\">Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter.<\/span> Delivered to your inbox. 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