Farooq Siddiqi

Ventures Lead at SC Ventures by Standard Chartered

Singapore, Singapore

About

Senior transaction & corporate banking professional with experience in running global and regional businesses. Deep expertise in emerging markets of Asia and Middle East. Strong track record in building new business, driving global level transformation , driving digital strategy, running large P&Ls, managing big ticket investment budgets and leading large sales & product teams. Core skills include product sales, product, people and risk management. relationship building.

Experience

  • Ventures Lead at SC Ventures by Standard Chartered
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Responsible for setting up and leading an SME focussed venture in the Middle East with a focus on UAE and KSA. SME and World Trade is one of the themes of SC Ventures .

  • Advisory Board Member at TASConnect
    Feb 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

    TASConnect is a working capital solutions platform connecting complex enterprise ecosystems to deliver economic value with visibility and control. TASConnect is a SC Ventures co.

  • CEO #dltledgers at #dltledgers
    Nov 2020 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    #dltledgers is a Series B fintech Headquartered in Singapore. The company works with large corporates and banks and is primarily focussed on resolving multi party issues in the supply chain /ecosystem of corporates and banks. The platform is built on corda and they (R3) are also an investor in the company. The low code private enterprise blockchain platform allows for deployment of new "apps" in the supply chain domian in 10-12 weeks and are industry agnostic. The use cases are varied and resolve a variety if issues relating to provenance, productivity, visibility, working capital optimisation, compliance, logistics etc. The company now has presence in SG, Japan, Australia, India, UAE and the US. For more information about the company, please visit dlt.sg

  • CEO - Asia Pacific at Falcon Group
    Nov 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr

    Falcon Group provides just-in-time inventory management solutions for working capital optimisation to large corporates and MNC’s across UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Falcon Group is a multi $billion turnover group, rated by both Moody’s and S&P. It has presence in over 20 countries spanning 10 vertical industries with over 24 years trading experience and a solid balance sheet. Falcon exist to provide effective solutions to businesses to help them manufacture, create jobs, export, and grow and are experts in delivering solutions designed specifically to boost business expansion and growth, whilst maintaining optimal liquidity and a strong working capital position. www.falcongrp.com

  • Standard Chartered Bank (19 yrs 4 mos)
    • Global Head Trade Finance
      Jan 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Global Head of Trade Finance responsible for performance , governance and strategy of the business. This included people management, investment budget management, sales & pipeline management, product management, driving the digital & innovation agenda, risk management and cost management. I also oversaw the operations and technology aspects of the business

    • Global Head Product Management , Transaction Banking
      Oct 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Responsible for product management globally across cash management, trade finance, securities services and correspondent banking. Responsibilities included product strategy, product build out & development, product commercialisation & governance and driving the investment budget for all the TB products. Investment projects included platform and product build.

    • Regional TB head, Asean
      Jan 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Regional Transaction Banking Head, ASEAN