The board of Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited announced that Mr. Ish Kumar Handa has resigned as an independent non-executive director and as the chairman of the risk committee of the company with effect from the March 31, 2019 in order to pursue other business opportunities. Mr. Handa was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited in April 2012 and served as chairperson of the risk committee.