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.