Manohar Chadalavada

Manohar Chadalavada, Global Head, AI, Ecosystems and Open Banking, has been at Standard Chartered for 16 years and worked across various functions. With his domain expertise in Digital Banking, Fintechs, Risk Management and Analytics, he is entrusted drive the application of AI (artificial intelligence) across multiple aspects of our unsecured digital lending and mass market Personal businesses including underwriting, onboarding and client service; identify new sources of data and tools; and industrialise the usage of AI in business processes.

His previously held positions in Group Risk, as Country Risk Officer and Country Credit Head, in Business, as in charge of Innovation and Fintech Partnerships, and multiple other leadership roles gained him a well-rounded experience over the years. He’s also part of the Standard Chartered Modelling and Analytics Centre board.

Outside of work he loves to travel, and recently started learning how to play the guitar with his 14 year old son.