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‘I am sorry’: Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologises for comments over job cuts

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‘I am sorry’: Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologises for comments over job cuts
Standard Chartered global CEO Bill Winters on Friday said he was “sorry” for comments describing “lower-value” workers, made while announcing job-cut plans earlier this week. Winters apologised in a LinkedIn post as he tried to cool debate among upset employees after he announced on Tuesday a 15 per cent cut of back-office staff at the lender by 2030. Winters said that AI adoption would replace some “lower-value human capital”. The CEO first made a LinkedIn post explaining his comments from...
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