Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN) said Wednesday it appointed Ben Corbould as head of metals trading for Asia.

Corbould joins from Barclays Capital, where he held the same post. He will be based in Singapore.

As Asian metals trading head, Courbould will lead the team responsible for committing capital in Asia's metals markets, Standard Chartered said. He will also work with specialist bankers at Standard Chartered to help develop the bank's activities on the Shanghai Gold Exchange as well as look for additional memberships in local exchanges, it said.

-By Nisha Gopalan, Dow Jones Newswires; 852-2832-2343; nisha.gopalan@dowjones.com