Samuel John Mathew

Samuel Mathew heads up Documentary Trade Product team for the Transaction Banking business at Standard Chartered. In this role, Samuel leads the team in establishing the Bank’s Documentary & 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 TB Sales – ASEAN; Global Head of Trade Solutions Structuring (SST); Regional Head of Product Management for Southeast Asia; Global Head of Collections and Accounts Receivable product solutions etc. 

Samuel has over 29 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 (MBA) degree from the Nanyang Business School (NTU) in Singapore