Saket Sarda Head of Trade-Asean & South Asia, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Saket Sarda is currently the Head of Trade-ASEAN & South Asia [ASA] for Standard Chartered Bank, based out of Singapore. Saket is responsible for the Trade P&L with Sales, Product Management, Middle Office and Implementation teams working with him to deliver the Trade agenda across Banking the Eco-system, Open Account and Documentary Trade. He has been with the Bank for 14 years and has worked in the areas of Strategy, Business Planning & Finance, Relationship/ Coverage, Transaction Banking Sales and Product Management. From his perspective, for SCB to continue being a leading Trade Bank in ASA, focus needs to be on innovation on new trade structures capturing the evolving requirements of the clients AND adoption of various digital technologies, thus bringing in the missing efficiencies for all counterparties in trade. He completed his PGDP from Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), India in 1995 and joined HCL Corporation, where in his 9 formative years with the group he handled multiple roles across Business Development & Sales with stints in Middle East, Africa and CIS.