Standard Chartered has appointed James Cameron as global head, Power, Utilities and Infrastructure (PUI) and cleantech, and regional head, Commercial Real Estate (CRE), ASEAN & South Asia.

Based in Singapore, his appointment is effective August 5 (subject to regulatory approval) and he will report to Steven Cranwell, global head, Commercial Real Estate and Industries.

In this role, Cameron will continue to expand the bank’s footprint in its PUI and cleantech business, as well as take the bank’s CRE business in the region to its next phase of growth.

Cameron brings to the bank more than 20 years of industry experience across project finance, asset finance, export finance and advisory. He was most recently managing director and co-head of Infrastructure and Real Estate Group for Asia Pacific at HSBC, and prior to that also held various senior leadership positions in HSBC including head of Project and Export Finance for Asia-Pacific and head of Capital Finance for Singapore.