The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
40 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
12 March 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
British multinational banking and financial services company Standard Chartered Global Business Services, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, has announced that it will create 40 new positions at its global business centre in Warsaw. The company is looking for IT programmers, experts and business analysts.
The company has been operating in Warsaw since September 2018; as of March 2019, Standard Chartered employs 280 people in the city. The unit provides back office services (including financial operations, technology services, cyber security services and banking operations) to the group’s subsidiaries.
Standard Chartered, headquartered in London, operates in more than 70 countries worldwide and employs around 87,000 people.
Eurofound (2019), Standard Chartered Global Business Services, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97389, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97389.
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