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Michael Spiegel
Global Head, Transaction Banking
Michael Spiegel is the Global Head of Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered and a member of the Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking Management Team. He is responsible for the strategic positioning of the business, and delivery of solutions across Cash Management, transactional FX and Trade & Working Capital Financing to corporate and institutional clients. He is also a Member of the Supervisory Board of the Bank’s European Hub in Frankfurt, Standard Chartered AG.
Outside the Bank, Michael is a Board Member of Singapore’s Trade Data Exchange (SGTradeX), a digital infrastructure that facilitates trusted and secure sharing of data between supply chain ecosystem partners. He is also the Chair of the Banker’s Association For Finance and Trade’s (BAFT) Transaction Banking Leaders Group.
Michael is a veteran transaction banking and client coverage specialist. His career spans more than three decades across Europe, the United States and Asia where he has held senior management positions in Global Transaction Banking and Client Coverage.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2020, Michael worked at Deutsche Bank where he shaped the global trade finance and corporate cash management delivery and was a driving force behind the development and roll‐out of a fully integrated vendor finance solution.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Banking. He lives in Singapore with his wife and two children.