Key facts
- Standard Chartered has hired Ole Matthiessen as its new global head of transaction services and digital assets.
- Matthiessen previously spent 18 years at Deutsche Bank, most recently as co-head of its corporate bank division.
- He will lead a unified team within Standard Chartered's corporate and investment banking (CIB) division.
- The new role integrates transaction banking, financing, securities services, and digital asset capabilities.
- Matthiessen will be based in Singapore and report to Roberto Hoornweg, CEO of CIB.
Standard Chartered has appointed Ole Matthiessen, a former executive from Deutsche Bank, to lead its newly unified transaction services and digital assets team within the corporate and investment banking (CIB) division. Matthiessen, who spent 18 years at Deutsche Bank, most recently serving as co-head of its corporate bank division and a member of the group management committee, will be based in Singapore.
In his new role, Matthiessen will oversee a combined team that includes transaction banking (trade, payments, and cash management), financing and securities services (custody, clearing, and settlement), and the bank's growing digital asset capabilities. Roberto Hoornweg, CEO of CIB at Standard Chartered, stated that Matthiessen's addition will accelerate the bank's ability to offer a world-class cross-border experience for corporate and financial institution clients by integrating these solutions.
This appointment follows Standard Chartered's recent hiring of Jan Metzger as global head of coverage banking for its CIB team, who also has prior experience at Deutsche Bank and Citi.