Dr. Boutros Klink

Dr. Boutros Klink is the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Bahrain. Dr. Klink has held the positions of CEO of Standard Chartered Bank for Bahrain and Middle East (Excluding UAE), CEO of Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia, as well as various senior positions at Standard Chartered Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, UBS, National Bank of Canada, and the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec.

Dr. Klink was responsible for building and launching the Standard Chartered Bank branches in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (launched in 2021) and in the Arab Republic of Egypt (launched in 2024).

Dr. Klink is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered Bank Cote d’Ivoire and a director of the Board of Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia and a member of its Board Audit Committee and Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Dr. Klink is also a Director of the Board of the Bahrain Association of Banks and previously served as a Director on the Board of St Christopher’s School in Bahrain.

Dr. Klink was previously a member of the Standard Chartered Group Diversity & Inclusion Council and chaired the Africa and Middle East Diversity and Inclusion Council.

Dr. Klink holds a Doctor of Science degree in Earthquake Engineering from MIT, a Master of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT, a Master of Art in Financial Mathematics from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut.

Dr. Klink has lived and worked in Bahrain, Canada, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE, & USA and is fluent in Arabic, English and French.