Waqar Chaudry

Waqar’s international career spans nearly 20 years in various sectors, primarily in capital and financial markets. He joined Standard Chartered in London in 2022 as Executive Director, Innovation and Digital Assets Product, Financing & Securities Services in Financial Markets. Waqar performs his role at the group level and is responsible for the Financing & Securities Services digital assets strategy and product rollout including working closely with other digital assets initiatives within the wider Financial Markets division.

Waqar joined SCB from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) in the UAE where he last held the role of Senior Manager, Market Infrastructure and Products, responsible for operational and technical authorisation and supervision of virtual assets exchanges, traditional exchanges and more widely digital asset custodians, broker-dealers and banks.

Prior to ADGM, Waqar spent 8 years at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) performing multiple roles in Sydney, Australia including managing energy & commodities futures and options markets. Prior to the ASX, Waqar was a consultant with IBM Global Business Services in the APAC region.

Waqar holds an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management UNSW in Sydney, post graduate finance qualification from University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor’s of IT in Software Engineering from the University of South Australia.