Rewiring the
DNA in Banking
Who we are
SC Ventures is a unique ecosystem of innovators, banking experts and business builders that are leading the future of banking. The diversity of our team fuels a unique approach to innovation and venture building.
How we do it
We bring expertise and perspectives from the world’s most dynamic markets, to take concepts to new business models at scale.
Our Story
Being a force for good by fulfilling society’s expectation of banking & finance
Society is evolving at a pace which banking is struggling to match:
- Complex structures, multiple protocols, risk aversion (owing in part to multiple remediations)
- Resulting in potentially fractured relationship between banking & society
Banking & finance have a really important role to play in society:
- Facilitating world trade which is more important now than ever, but supply chains are dislocated, and SMEs are individually suffering from lack of access
- Helping emerging markets grow
- Increasing welfare and wellbeing of individuals, serving clients very differently and integrating sustainability in the business model
SC Ventures aims to rewire DNA in banking by:
- Promoting innovation
- Investing in disruptive financial technology
- Creating alternative business models in financial services
Our Teams
The Team
Agnieszka Verlet
Member (Legal)
Expertise: Corporate Law, Digital Transformation, Finance Systems, Product & Operations
Career: Previously Senior Legal Counsel (Standard Chartered), HSBC, DLA Piper
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Alex Manson
Heads SC Ventures
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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Apurv Suri
Member (Clients)
Expertise: Partnerships, Corporate Banking, Treasury, Sales, Metaverse, Web 3
Career: Previously Group Product Trade Finance, Business Planning Management, Group Head Transaction Banking, Regional Global Subsidiary Sales for Transaction Banking Cash
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Charlotte Stewart
Member (HR)
Expertise: HR Business Partnering, Transformation, Learning & Talent Management, Coach & Facilitator
Career: Previously APAC HR Director and Head of Learning & Development (Expedia Group), Royal Bank of Scotland
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Chris Flanagan
Member (Operations)
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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Esme Hodson
Member
(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
Member
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
Member
Expertise: Venture Building, Strategy, Governance, Client Engagement
Career: Previously MD Group Strategy (Standard Chartered), Credit Suisse, McKinsey
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Gwenda Phillips
Member (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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Harald Eltvedt
Member (Incubation)
Expertise: Digital Transformation, Technology, Venture building
Career: Entrepreneur, Founder from inception to exit (WebMD, Pentalog, Havas)
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Jiten Arora
Member
Expertise: Product Innovation, Cash, Trade and Supply Chains, Ventures Management
Career: Previously Head, Commercial Banking, Head, Corporate & Institutional Banking, Sales Head, Transaction Banking (Standard Chartered)
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Priya Venkat
Member (Brand, Marketing, Communications)
Expertise: Brand marketing, Digital & Performance Marketing, Strategy & Business Transformation
Career: Previously Head of Regional Marketing (Citi APAC), Uber, Visa, PepsiCo
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Santosh Patel
Member (Fintech Engagement)
Expertise: Digital Assets, Digital Transformation, Data Analytics & Commercialisation, Corporate and Investment Banking Technologies
Career: Previously Head of Client Engagement, Mobile platforms - Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, CLSA, UBS, Lehman Brothers based in USA, Tokyo and Singapore
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Simran Gill
Member
Expertise: Partnerships, Strategy, Operations, People
Career: Previously Chief of Staff, SC Ventures, Relationship Manager, Standard Chartered, Regional Head of Research, Saudi Aramco
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Thorsten Neumann
Member (Technology)
Expertise: System Architecture, Scalable Platforms and Integration, Technology and Ecosystems
Career: Previously CTO (SmartPesa), Tecity Group, Banro Corporation
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Yuval Illuz
Member (CISO iR & Israel)
Expertise: Venture Building, Capital Raise, Strategy, Technology, Cyber Security, Data Resilience, Start-ups
Career: Standard Chartered, CBA, PlayTech
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OUR PRESENCE
Global Locations
Singapore
Singapore
21 Collyer Quay, Level 10
Singapore, 049320
London
London
Standard Chartered Bank, HQ, Level 5,
1 Basinghall Avenue, London,
EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Standard Chartered Bank Building,
Level 2, 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong
Kenya
Kenya
Standard Chartered Chiromo,
Level 4, 48 Westlands Road,
Nairobi, Kenya
Israel
Israel
WeWork ToHa, 11th Floor,
Yigal Alon St 114,
Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6744320, Israel