Nitesh Patel

Nitesh Patel is an accountant by qualification with 22 years of retail banking experience.  He has fulfilled a wide range of roles within the Retail Bank across various spheres of the business such as finance, branch banking, data management, capital management, mortgage finance, customer strategy and currently within corporate real estate services.  He was previously the Financial Director for customer channels and the Director of Branch Banking for the largest economic province in South Africa, accountable for over 150 points of manned representation and 3000 ATM’s.

In his current role he is responsible for the retail real estate portfolio across the Standard Bank Group.  This includes distribution planning & optimisation, leasing, branch transformation, physical infrastructure management, and geospatial insights.  

Nitesh is passionate about making banking accessible to all customers, creating convenient and reliable banking solutions for customers, and ensuring a consistently good service experience for all customers.