Ahsan Ali

Managing Director, Head, Islamic Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Ahsan is responsible for Islamic Corporate and Investment Banking business globally at Standard Chartered Saadiq, the Bank’s Islamic banking arm. In this role, he oversees the delivery of Islamic banking services to bank’s clients across multiple geographies and products, including financial markets, global credit markets and transaction banking. Since joining Standard Chartered Bank in March 2004, Ahsan has played a key role in building the Bank’s Islamic business from inception and has led several award-winning and industry-defining deals. He was awarded the prestigious Islamic Banker of the Year by the Asset magazine in 2015. Ahsan has 31 years’ experience in the financial services industry of which the last 20 years have been in Islamic banking. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, he worked at Citi. Ahsan holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.