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Samuel Mathew
Global Head, Flow & FI Trade
Samuel Mathew heads up the Flow and FI Trade Product team for the Transaction Banking
business at Standard Chartered. In this role, Samuel leads the team in establishing the Bank’s Flow
and FI trade vision, P&L and capabilities for its corporate and institutional clients. In addition, he is
a Vice-Chair of the ICC Banking Commission Steering Committee, is an IBF Fellow of the Singapore
IBF and has served in the past as Co-Chair of the Asia Council for The Bankers Association for
Finance and Trade (BAFT) and on Board of Directors of Contour Pte Ltd a Digital Trade Platform.
Since joining the Bank in 2004, Samuel has taken on several leadership positions, including Global
Head of Documentary Trade, Regional Head of Sales – ASEAN for local corporates and commodity
clients; Global Head of Trade Solutions Structuring; Regional Head of Product Management for
Southeast Asia; Global Head of Collections and Accounts Receivable product solutions; and
Regional Product Manager in charge of receivables solutions etc.
Samuel has over 28 years of Transaction Banking experience with leading banks such as Standard
Chartered, Citibank N.A. and Deutsche Bank. A graduate of Bombay University, Mumbai with a
First Class Honours in Engineering, he also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from
the Nanyang Business School (NTU) in Singapore.