Maisie Chong

Maisie Chong is the Head of Trade and Working Capital, ASEAN and South Asia, at Standard Chartered.  She leads the strategic innovation and development of the end-to-end trade finance proposition across the ASEAN and South Asia regions for corporates and financial institutions.  She is a member of the Global Trade Management Team and the Transaction Banking Asia Management Team.

A seasoned transaction banker, Maisie has managed cross-functional teams across regions in international financial institutions.  Since joining Standard Chartered in 2020, Maisie has led key innovative digital and sustainable trade finance initiatives in ASEAN, including the Bank’s partnership in the Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), Trade Finance Registry (TFR) and Point Carbon Zero Program.  She co-chairs the ABS Digitalisation Standing Committee (DSC) Trade Pillar.  Maisie held several roles within Standard Chartered previously, including Global Head of Receivables Purchase and Singapore Transaction Banking Head.

Maisie graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Professional and Technical Communication from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Computer and Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania.  She completed the Asian Financial Leaders Programme in 2023 in Singapore and was conferred the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF) Fellow for Corporate Banking in 2024.  Maisie also sits on the executive board of Glyph Community, a children’s non-profit organisation.