KATHMANDU: Ajay Kanwal, regional chief executive of ASEAN and South Asia of Standard Chartered is arriving on Monday (August 22) on his two-day visit to Nepal. This is his first official visit to Nepal. Kanwal was appointed the regional chief executive, ASEAN and South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank on October 1, 2015. Prior to assuming his current role, Kanwal oversaw the bank’s business in North East Asia, consisting of Korea, Japan, and Mongolia as its regional CEO from April 2014. Before North East Asia, he served as CEO of the bank’s business in Taiwan from 2012 to 2014. Kanwal was regional head of Consumer Banking, South East Asia, responsible for the strategic development and management of the bank’s Consumer Banking business in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam from 2009 to 2012. He joined Standard Chartered Bank India in 1992. During his stay in Nepal, Kanwal is scheduled to meet senior government authorities including the central bank officials.