Full Name
Mark Willis
Job Title
Global Head, API & Digital Assets Platform
Company
Standard Chartered Bank
Speaker Bio
Mark is the Global Head of API & Digital Assets Platforms in the Corporate and Investment Bank.
He leads a global team building open finance capabilities that enable new business models like embedded banking & finance. The platform offers real time payments, FX, account services & digital assets APIs to name a few.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2019, Mark served as an Associate Partner at IBM Consulting where he spearheaded large digital programmes. With over two decades experience in leadership positions, he has a proven track record of building and scaling digital platforms in financial services.
Mark’s career spans across North America, Africa and Asia, where he held senior roles with Accenture and Standard Bank, covering capital markets, transaction banking, retail/digital banking and wealth.
Mark holds a Master’s degree in IT Management from Southern Cross University; he has a Fintech: Future Commerce qualification from MIT and graduated from the ‘AI for Leaders Programme’ at INSEAD Executive Education Asia.
He leads a global team building open finance capabilities that enable new business models like embedded banking & finance. The platform offers real time payments, FX, account services & digital assets APIs to name a few.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2019, Mark served as an Associate Partner at IBM Consulting where he spearheaded large digital programmes. With over two decades experience in leadership positions, he has a proven track record of building and scaling digital platforms in financial services.
Mark’s career spans across North America, Africa and Asia, where he held senior roles with Accenture and Standard Bank, covering capital markets, transaction banking, retail/digital banking and wealth.
Mark holds a Master’s degree in IT Management from Southern Cross University; he has a Fintech: Future Commerce qualification from MIT and graduated from the ‘AI for Leaders Programme’ at INSEAD Executive Education Asia.
