SMBC Group promoted the following colleagues to managing director:
- Dan Beck
- Gurpreet Singh Bedi
- Jeffrey Brandt
- Brian Burchfield
- Siddhartha Chetia
- Gemma Cook
- Chris Daly
- Simon Davies
- Eric Eckholdt
- Jonathan Frankel
- William Gilbert
- Darren Hamilton
- Jenny Hannafin
- Jason Harman
- Luke Hanson
- James Hickinbotham
- Vanessa Joasaint
- Amar Keshani
- Ruud Kole
- Michelle Lacey
- Segolene Lallemand
- Le Dieu Ha
- Grace Leung
- Jin Li
- Joe Longobardi
- Angus Macpherson
- Eugene Nirenberg
- Chew Kim Ong
- Donar Tejada Pena
- Sartyaem Phanuphong
- Yuying Qian
- Yasir Qureshi
- Bernardo Ramirez
- Sukrit Roy
- Krishna Santhanam
- Hetal Selarka
- Aabha Sharma
- Katelyn Sherry
- Kamalesh Sidhwani
- Lesley Scott
- Paul Trentham
- Karen Ung
- Balaji Vallam
- Frank Vega
- Jean Marie Verrier
- Naomi Walker
- Helen Wheatley
- Xiangling Xu
- Katerina Yovchev
The 2026 international managing director class spans SMBC’s core regions, including the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. The promotions reflect a range of roles aligned with SMBC’s long-term strategy, with a focus on delivering for clients, strengthening execution and advancing technology capabilities.
