Our People
Alex Manson
CEO, SC Ventures | Joined 2012
Appointed
Alex Manson is the CEO of SC Ventures, which he set up in 2018. SC Ventures is Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm.
Experience
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 revolutionizing the industry, driven by a purpose to reconcile banking and societal expectations of financial services.
Career
Alex joined Standard Chartered in 2012 as Group Head of Wholesale Banking Geographies. In 2014, he moved to Singapore to serve as Global Head of Transaction Banking until he founded SC Ventures in 2018.
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 (IB) 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, as well as Derivatives & Structured Products.
External appointments
Alex serves on several boards for our ventures and portfolio companies.