Standard Chartered renew Liverpool partnership till 2022/23 season

Liverpool Football Club and Standard Chartered Bankannounced a four-year extension to their main sponsor agreement, taking the bank’s partnership with the club through to the end of the 2022/23 season.

The bank firstsigned up as the club’s main sponsor in July 2010, and the agreement was extended in 2013 and again in 2015.The financial terms of the agreement remain confidential.

Liverpool FC has a large number of fans across Standard Chartered’s core markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and the sponsorship provides the bank with an opportunity to accelerate the visibility of its brand, improving recognition across key markets around the world.

Additionally, overthe last eight years Standard Chartered and Liverpool FC have used their partnership to support a number of the bank’s sustainability and community investment programs.

The annual ‘Perfect Match’ game – where LFC players swap the Standard Chartered logo on their shirts for the Seeing is Believinglogo – has raised more than $ 480,000to tackle avoidable blindness. 

Liverpool Football Club Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer Billy Hogan said: “As a club we’re very proud to have Standard Chartered renew their relationship for another four years. Our connection runs deep, it means more than just sponsorship. From the outset it has been about working together with the club and our communities and supporters around the world. 

“Importantly, it also means we are able to support our ambitions on the pitch and compete with the best in the world. We have enjoyed many highlights of this relationship so far and I look forward to many more.”

Standard CharteredGroup Chief ExecutiveBill Winterssaid: “Liverpool FC is one of the world’s best-known football clubs and we are proud to be associated with them.It is a fantastic club that shares many of our values and is hugely popular across our global footprint. Our partnership has provided valuable support to the charitable initiatives close to our hearts and has helped us to further engage with our clients and staff as well as with LFC fans. We are excited to be able to continue this partnership, and look forward to building on our successful relationship.”

Founded in 1892, Liverpool FC is one of the world’s most historic and famous football clubs having won 18 League Titles, seven FA Cups, eight League Cups, five European Cups, three UEFA Cups, three European Super Cups and 15 Charity Shields.

As a socially responsible club, Liverpool FC is proud of its heritage and plays a proactive role in its communities through its official charity, the Liverpool FC Foundation. By delivering a range of award-winning programs, the foundation motivates and inspires children and adults, both at home and overseas, using football and the power of the Liverpool FC badge. Its contribution has been recognised by the award of a Community Mark from Business in the Community.

Liverpool FC is a global brand and works with leading edge commercial partners around the world providing unparalleled commercial opportunities.

Standard Charteredisa leading international banking group, with a more than 150-year history in some of the world’s most dynamic markets. The purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through its unique diversity and heritage and values are expressed in its brand promise, ‘Here for good’.

Standard Chartered is present in more than 60 markets, with over 1,000 branches and around 3,000 ATMs. Standard Chartered Plcis listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India.

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Seeing is Believing is a global initiative to tackle avoidable blindness and is a collaboration between Standard Chartered and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and its membership of eye health organisations.

For over a decade, Seeing is Believing has been supporting projects to tackle avoidable blindness and visual impairment around the world.  To date, Seeing is Believing has raised over $ 95 million against its target of $ 100 million by 2020. Funds raised through Seeing is Believing represent the single largest cash contribution from the private sector to the development of eye health programs through IAPB. As part of the Seeing is Believing program, Standard Chartered pledges to match all donations until the target of $ 100 million is reached.