Our Distinct Advantage
Institution-grade build & scale
Presence in high potential markets
High conviction themes
Our Story
We believe banking has a critical role to play in society and we can reconnect banking and society by building and scaling breakthrough business models
Evolving how we serve clients to meet their needs
Digital adoption in society has outpaced that of the financial sector; many client segments uncovered and needs unmet
Facilitating world trade in our markets
Global trade is critical to enabling economic development particularly in emerging markets, yet supply chains and SMEs remain underserved
Building digital capabilities for financial services
Despite innovation in financial services, current infrastructure does not deliver digital assets at institutional grade
Our Operating Model
The whole is greater than the sum of our parts.

Venture Building & Investments
Venture building model and fund investment experience refined over the past six years, supported by disciplined portfolio management
Co-creation & Origination
Unique sourcing of original ideas through client co-creation, innovation, platforms and intrapreneurship


Operators & Investors
Strong bench of business builders, operators and investors, and ecosystem of advisors across tech, regulation and banking
Our Team
Operating Members and Leadership
Alex Manson
CEO
Expertise: Fixed Income Origination and Structuring, Investment Banking Advisory and Capital Raising, Commercial and Corporate Banking
Career: Previously Head of Transaction Banking (Standard Chartered), Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse
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Chris Flanagan
COO
Expertise: Cross Banking Infrastructure, Financial Markets Business Establishment and Wind-downs
Career: Previously Barclays, Nomura, Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse, American Express, KPMG
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Elsy Li
Fundraising, M&A
Expertise: Fundraising, M&A, Capital Markets, Investor Relations, Corporate Development
Career: Previously COO (Peterson Holdings), Sun Hung Kai & Co., Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers
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Jussi Nunes
Finance
Expertise: Digital Banking, Payments, Retail, SME, Corporate and Institutional Banking
Career: Previously Chief Financial Officer at Swyftx, Openpay, BNK Bank, Commonwealth Bank
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Gwenda Phillips
Risk
Expertise: Risk Management - Fintechs and Digital Assets, Venture Capital, Sales Execution, Corporate Banking
Career: Previously Chief Risk Officer (Acting) (ANZ), ANZi Investments / Ventures, TechReady for Non-Tech Female Founders, SheStarts Accelerator
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Esme Hodson
Compliance
Expertise: Compliance & Risk, Digital Assets, Global Fintech
Career: Previously Director, Compliance (Block.one), Commonwealth Bank, Financial Services Authority
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Gautam Jain
Middle East, Investments
Expertise: Intersection of Business and Technology, Investing & Fundraising, Payments and Cash Management, Trade Finance
Career: Previously Head of Digitization and Client Access (Standard Chartered), Barclays, HSBC, Citi
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Gurdeep Singh Kohli
Global Head of
Enterprise Innovation,
Standard Chartered
Expertise: Venture Building, Strategy, Governance, Client Engagement
Career: Previously MD Group Strategy (Standard Chartered), Credit Suisse, McKinsey
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Harald Eltvedt
Incubation
Expertise: Digital Transformation, Technology, Venture building
Career: Entrepreneur, Founder from inception to exit (WebMD, Pentalog, Havas)
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Aaditya Bhave
HR
Agnieszka Verlet
Legal
Expertise: Corporate Law, Digital Transformation, Finance Systems, Product & Operations
Career: Previously Senior Legal Counsel (Standard Chartered), HSBC, DLA Piper
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Michael Cutler
Tech
Expertise: AI, Web3, Digital Assets, Venture Building, Sustainability
Career: Previously CTO, KPMG Digital Village, Poseidon Impact, UK Government, Spotify, Intel, Sky
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Senior Practitioner Advisors
Claudia Zeisberger
INSEAD Faculty & Private Capital Expert
Mike Sigal
Entrepreneur & Venture Capital
Steve Leonard
Deeptech Investor & CEO of SGInnovate
Yen Yen Tan
20+ Years in Technology
David Gurle
Serial Technology Entrepreneur
Pascal G Bouvier
Entrepreneur & Venture Capital
Our Presence
Global Locations
We know how to operate in high growth but highly regulated complex markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Singapore
Singapore
21 Collyer Quay, Level 10
Singapore, 049320
Singapore, 049320
Kenya
Kenya
Standard Chartered Chiromo,
Level 4, 48 Westlands Road,
Nairobi, Kenya
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Al Khatem Tower, Hub71,
15th Floor, Al Maryah Island,
Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Abu Dhabi
15th Floor, Al Maryah Island,
Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Abu Dhabi
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Standard Chartered Bank
16th floor, Al Faisaliah Tower
King Fahad Street PO Box 92224
Riyadh 11653
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Standard Chartered Bank Building,
Level 2, 4-4A
Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Standard Chartered Bank,
HQ, Level 5,
1 Basinghall Avenue, London,
EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom
SC Ventures Global Offices
Singapore
Kenya
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
SC Ventures Global Offices
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
Standard Chartered Bank
16th floor, Al Faisaliah Tower
King Fahad Street PO Box 92224
Riyadh 11653
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong
Standard Chartered Bank Building,
Level 2, 4-4A
Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong