Shadab Ahmed

Shadab Ahmed leads digital assets within Cash Management at Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, putting digital money to work in real corporate treasury flows across Hong Kong's Ensemble and cross-border rails. He is responsible for building and commercializing products covering Tokenized Deposits, Stablecoins and CBDC's. He brings more than 20 years in payments and transaction banking, and has launched payment products in over 30 countries across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. His career began at Citi in New York. He moved into cash management product in Pakistan, where he launched wholesale cards and rebuilt the bank's electronic payments platform, then led commercial cards across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey from the UAE, launching in nine markets. As Citi's head of country business and product in Iraq, he built payment networks for sovereign and development flows through one of the world's most complex operating environments. As a Director in Europe, he led Citi