It is a subsidiary of the British multinational financial conglomerate headquartered in London, United Kingdom, known as Standard Chartered.

In January 1911, it opened its first two branches, one in the national capital, Nairobi, and another in the port city of Mombasa.

[10] The stock of Standard Chartered Kenya was listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in 1989,[11] offering 21 million shares to the public.

The shareholding in the bank is summarized in the table below:[12] In 2006, Standard Chartered Kenya acquired 25% shareholding in First Africa Capital, a financial services advisory company with headquarters in Nairobi and offices in London and Johannesburg, co-founded by Wanjiku Mugane, a Kenyan attorney and investment banker, who served as its CEO.

Caroline Wanjiku Mugane served as the Chief Executive Officer at SCS from 2006 until Standard Chartered Bank closed the subsidiary in 2013.