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British lawyer (born 1964)

Sandie OkoroOBE (born 1964)^[1] is a British lawyer who serves as general counsel of Standard Chartered Bank,^[2] and Chancellor of the University of Birmingham.

Dr Sandie Okoro OBE is currently Group General Counsel of Standard Chartered.

Sandie Okoro (@sandieokoro), a British national, was appointed Senior Vice-President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group in February

Group General Counsel Standard Chartered Bank.

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Sandie Okoro, 60, has been named the University of Birmingham's first female Chancellor, succeeding Lord Bilimoria in July.

She previously served as senior vice-president and general counsel at the World Bank Group.^[3] She has previously been general counsel at Barings Asset Management, and head of legal at Schroders Investment Management International.^[4][5]

Early life

Okoro was born in Fulham, London, in 1964, and grew up in nearby Balham.

Her father was a teacher from Nigeria, and her mother a nurse from Trinidad. At the age of nine she decided she wanted to become a judge: she was influenced by the television programme Crown Court, and undeterred by a school teacher, asking the class their chosen careers, who said "Sandie, little black girls from Balham don't become judges."^[6]

She attended Putney High School and then studied law