Alex Manson

Appointed

Alex Manson is the CEO of SC Ventures, appointed in 2018. He was appointed as a member of the Group Management Team in August 2024 and is based in Singapore.

Career and experience

Alex joined Standard Chartered in 2012 initially as Group Head, Wholesale Banking Geographies and later served as Global Head, Transaction Banking until he founded SC Ventures in 2018. Alex set up SC Ventures as a unit of the Bank to promote innovation, invest in disruptive technology and build new ventures to explore alternative business models in the financial sector.

Alex is a 30-year veteran of the banking industry. He belongs to a select group of financial services leaders who have successfully leveraged their banking backgrounds to build fintech ecosystems that are revolutionising the industry, driven by a purpose to reconcile banking and societal expectations of financial services.

Prior to joining the Bank, Alex spent 12 years at Deutsche Bank, based in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong, where he held various roles, including Global Head of Lending and Corporate Banking Coverage, and Head of Global Banking Coverage for APAC.  He started his banking career at Credit Suisse in Switzerland and New York, where he held various roles in the Securitization Group, and Derivatives & Structured Products. 

External appointments

• Board member (various) for our ventures and portfolio companies