Maria Ramos (businesswoman)
Maria Ramos | |
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Ramos at Davos in 2010 | |
| Born | 22 February 1959 |
| Citizenship | South Africa, Portugal |
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand University of London |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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Maria da Conceição das Neves Calha Ramos (born 1959) is a South African businesswoman and former civil servant. She has been the group chair of Standard Chartered since May 2025.
Ramos was the chief executive officer of the Absa Group from 2009 to 2019, during which time she oversaw the company's unbundling from Barclays. An economist by training, she was the director-general of the South African National Treasury from 1996 to 2004, and the chief executive officer of Transnet from 2004 to 2009. She left Absa in 2019 to retire, but nonetheless was chairperson of AngloGold Ashanti from 2020 to 2024.