Motasim IQBALManaging Director, Head Transaction Sales, Global Banking Middle East North Africa - Standard Chartered Bank

Motasim Iqbal is the Managing Director & Head of Transaction Sales, Global Banking for Standard Chartered Bank in the MENA region since July 2019. In this role he is responsible for running the Global Banking sales team covering Cash Management and Trade Finance products in the region. He is also a member of the Standard Chartered Bank UAE Country Management Team. 

Before taking on his current role, Motasim was the Head for Transaction Banking in the United Arab Emirates and prior to that during 2013-15 he was the Head of Transaction Banking for the Bank in Singapore. During his assignment in Singapore he worked very closely with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on positioning Singapore as a premier Renminbi clearing market outside China.  

Motasim joined the Wholesale Banking business at Standard Chartered  in Oct 1997  and  was  appointed  the Head of Transaction Banking  for  Pakistan  in  2003.  In 2006, he moved to Dubai  to  head  the  Financial Institutions segment  within  Transaction Banking  across  MENA & Pakistan.  Prior  to  joining  Standard  Chartered, Motasim began his career as an Assistant Manager in the Treasury Division of Shell Pakistan Limited. 

Motasim  holds  an  MBA  degree  from  the  Institute  of  Business  Administration  in   Karachi, with majors in Banking & Finance.  He has also attended various leadership programs including Leading Across Boundaries at Oxford Said  Business School, Business Leadership Planning course of the Nottingham Trent University and a senior level executive course at INSEAD Singapore.  
 
Motasim spent his childhood in Tanzania, East Africa and his early schooling in the International School of Tanganyika (IST) in  Dar es Salaam. He is married, with three children aged fifteen, twelve and six.