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The 2018 Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) Annual Conference in June focused in part on the Continuum of Capital: the flow of financial, human and intellectual capital from social investors to non-profits, social enterprises and ESG-compliant businesses. Smoothing this flow – that is, uniting investors keen to combine social impact and returns with high-potential projects...
Franty Cheng, Executive Director & Division Head, Commercial Banking Hong Kong From the age of sixteen, I wanted to become a teacher. I remember having a great economics teacher who was patient and generous in sharing his knowledge with me. Instead though, I’ve enjoyed a great career in Financial Services over the past 22 years,...
Mehvash Zaidi, Segment Manager, Islamic and Personal Banking Pakistan I have always been encouraged to follow my dreams and live by my values and principles. I thrive on challenge and so I need to work for a company that can match my ambitions. That’s what first attracted me to Standard Chartered, as the only international...
How is AI going to redefine how you manage your wealth? Could chatbots really learn to talk to us as other humans would? Is blockchain the answer to all our transaction efficiency problems? We caught up with our Group Chief Information Officer, Dr Michael Gorriz, to find out how key tech trends are shaping the...
Good enough will never change the world She already has the world’s highest mountains under her belt, now she is reaching for the stars – meet Saudi Arabian mountaineer Raha Moharrak. Main image credit: Yap Zhi Yuen As avalanches rumbled across the trail and an Arctic wind howled against her tent, Raha Moharrak inspected her...
Good enough will never change the world As economic prosperity, healthcare and technological development increase globally, we examine the organisations that never settle for simply good enough and continually strive to change the status quo. From pasteurisation to HIV drugs, from calculus to the internet, from running the first four-minute mile to putting the first...
Wasim Benkhadra, Head, External Communications, UAE Dubai My wife, Hiba, was told she had Hodgkin Lymphoma on Christmas Eve 2017. It was surreal being told news that I knew would change our family for ever. We have three children aged 12, seven and four and straight away I realised that I would have to put...
Kabulo Ngoma, Credit Risk Manager and GOAL co-ordinator Zambia Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am not a sporty person. So the idea that I’d be involved in GOAL, our girls empowerment programme through sports, would seem unlikely at first! Luckily the programme’s success doesn’t rely on my running skills, but it...
Stricter standards for industries that have negative environmental or social impact, tackling deforestation, animal cruelty and more
Michael Vrontamitis – Head of trade, Europe & Americas, Transaction Banking International trade fuels growth and prosperity, but cost, complexity and fragmentation are stifling this growth. According to World Trade Organisation (WTO) figures, the value of manufactured exports is around USD17.3 trillion, of which 25 per cent is financed. What these figures mask, however, is...
Belt and Road Explained: South Asia The Belt and Road in Sri Lanka Chinese investment in Belt & Road (B&R) projects in Sri Lanka has generated some controversy, but stakeholders focused on the long-term potential for Sri Lanka see growing opportunities for business in the country. As well as investments in transport infrastructure and real...
Cybercrime is now one of the world’s leading sources of illicit revenue. And the cyber threat may now seem greater than ever before with increasing interconnectedness and the widespread adoption of technology, and the moving to fully digital platforms in the cloud. These factors mean that “the attack surface is getting much, much larger,” as...
Finance is crucial to the operation of any major criminal enterprise, and human trafficking – the crime most rooted in human misery – is no exception. Traffickers need to pay for their logistical networks and reinvest their profits, leaving financial footprints that make them vulnerable to capture. As criminals become increasingly adept at covering their...
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Iris Zhang, Associate Director, Learning Product Management Singapore One of the reasons why I’ve stayed with the bank for ten years is that I’m a huge believer of giving back to society and our bank offers a great platform for this. I first joined in Shanghai, where I started volunteering as the China coordinator for...
Umberto Alessandria, Business Planning Manager, Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit London, UK I work as part of the team that arranges Broker Day and have been the driving force within Financial Markets since 2012. It’s a very meaningful initiative that’s helped thousands of people, children and adults alike. It’s also a lot of hard work...
I’m from an orthodox Indian family, born and raised in Vizag, Southern India. I was married at 18 to the son of a childhood family friend. However, I laid down a condition that I would stay at my mom’s and finish up my degree in Engineering. Luckily, both sides of the family realised the importance...
Davidson Mwaisaka, Senior Country Legal Counsel Kenya Growing up I’d always respected the law. Despite there being no history of lawyers in my family, I was driven by a desire to deliver justice within society. Luckily, I was able to find a New York University graduate who was able to act as a mentor and...
Ulric Yeo, Legal Counsel, Financial Markets Contract Negotiations Singapore Last year I read about a short-term assignment for a Legal Counsel role based in London to support the Brexit programme in Europe. I’m actually based in Singapore but couldn’t resist this opportunity to work on a once-in-a-lifetime project. I applied, went through the interview process...
Tanmay Saha, Head of Retail Banking Jersey I’ve just moved to Jersey, UK as Head of Retail Banking from my previous role in Bahrain. I’ve always had customer-facing roles throughout my 17-year career with the bank and my move to Jersey means I have now worked in three out of our four regions. When we...
Richard Betts, Director, Relationship Manager, Private Banking London, UK I’ve been with Standard Chartered for just under a year, and it feels like not only have I been given a new sports car to test drive, but I also get to fine-tune the engine. Before I joined the bank, I’d enjoyed a long and successful...