Ruth Markland goes public

Six months after retiring from her position as managing partner for Asia at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Ruth Markland has joined the board of Standard Chartered as a non-executive director. In directorial circles in Britain, high ranking professionals who join boards of public companies refer to themselves as 'going public'. Markland had been a partner with Freshfields since 1983 and had run the Asian office since 1996. During her time at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Asia, s…