Meet Jennifer, part of Standard Chartered's dynamic team

Written by Delwin Keasberry Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:05

Getting to know you: Jennifer Kang from Standard Charterd Bank

What do you do?

I feel extremely lucky to love what I’m doing. At Standard Chartered Bank, my role as Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing oversees the Corporate Affairs and Marketing functions for the Bank in Brunei. Internal communications, external communications, business communications, brand, sponsorship, public affairs and corporate social responsibility programmes are all part of Corporate Affairs and I work with our great Corporate Affairs team to deliver these.

For Marketing, together with our passionate and dynamic Marketing Team, we support our business functions on their marketing needs - from marketing communications to planning to strategies to campaigns. (Photograph insert: A picture with Jennifer at the 2011 Standard Chartered Bank Media Appreciation Night)

Describe yourself in a few words.

Disciplined, outgoing, energetic, fun (although my children don’t think so), determined, confident.

Share with us three highlights from Standard Chartered Bank's 2011 calendar year.

For Brunei, 2011 was an extremely busy year for us. We had numerous business and CSR (corporate social responsibility) events happening throughout the year. From the business side, we had successful launches such as the launch of 24/7 Phone Banking (live), the successful bundling for Total Salary Solution and Total Home Solution, the launch of Liverpool eCash card with EMV chip, the launch of eKiosk machines for instant rewards, and the launch of 1Equity Notes and partnership with Aberdeen. At the same time, we also saw an increase in our relationship managers to cater to the growing needs of our customers.

From the community side, our very successful Standard Chartered Charity Run 2011 that saw over 2,100 runners and over BND108,000 collected towards charity. We are very excited to be featuring a half marathon on 8th April 2012 that has stemmed from the positive response from the runners. There were also countless community initiatives around our key programmes: Seeing is Believing, the Environment (including my first trip to Sg Ingei), Living with HIV and our volunteering programme.

Photographs from the Standard Chartered's Sg Ingei "Heart of Borneo" trip in October 2011

The start of the Standard Chartered Charity Run 2011

Winners and Grinners from the 2011 Charity Run

Standard Chartered were one of the partners for Convergence 2011

Convergence: From Success to Significance

What are three things we can look forward to with Standard Chartered Bank in 2012?

1. Definitely our Standard Chartered Brunei Half Marathon on 8th April 2012.

2. More exciting and innovative products for our customers.

3. Differentiated service offerings.

Tell us about the Live the Dream campaign.

As we approached the end of the year in 2011, we wanted to thank our customers for all their support and the “Live the Dream” campaign was designed with just that in mind. At Standard Chartered Bank, our customers are our key focus and being able to bring extra value to them, through the opportunity to reward them with a guaranteed gift through their various transactions and at the same time, to be able to offer them a chance to win a lucky draw of BND80, 000 to achieve a dream is something we are pleased to do. Asides from the Grand Draw, there are also two monthly draws where 10 winners can win themselves cash prizes of BND1,000 each. In the Grand Draw, asides from the top prize of BND80,000, there will also be five bonus prizes of BND2,000 each.

Photographs from the Standard Chartered Live the Dream roadshow at Times Square Shopping Centre

On a personal note, what are your three favorite things about Brunei?

Number one, the people - everyone is very warm and friendly. It’s peaceful and safe, and there are no traffic jams which then allows for more time to do what you’d rather be doing such as being able to come home from work on time to have dinner with your family, being able to go to the gym after work and so forth.

Complete this sentence. "Standard Chartered Bank is..."

Standard Chartered Bank is a leading international bank in Brunei that offers great products and services. For me, it’s also a great place to work with fabulous people.

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Editor's Note: When I think of the Standard Chartered Bank, a few things stand out in my mind. Last year, I took part in their Charity Run, I ran their half-marathon in Singapore and they were one of the partners for Convergence. At this point, allow me to take you back to a much earlier time and tell you about a much earlier memory about Standard Chartered Bank. I remember them as my “mom’s bank”.

I grew up in Kuala Belait. Much of my childhood was spent outdoors. I recall Super Soaker skirmishes, climbing the neighbourhood tree house, 3-on-3 challenges at the Chung Hua outdoor basketball court. I remember walking over to the old branch along Jalan Mackeron in KB town to visit her on Fridays. Naturally, I also got to know some of her colleagues. I do not remember their names (we are talking a long time ago), but I do remember them always being very helpful and polite. Funny how these seemingly obscure little things remain with you for life.

What about you? What has your experiece been like with Standard Chartered Bank? Any notable memories you might care to share at the comments section below?

Before you go, if you have not already, do take part in their Live the Dream campaign (which ends on Tuesday 31st January 2012).

Standard Chartered Bank. Here for Good.