In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen Standard Chartered CEO: Global Banking, Geopolitical Shifts and the Future of Blockchain
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Jan 28, 2026 
Bill Winters, Group CEO of Standard Chartered and seasoned global banker, offers a crisp tour of geopolitics, global banking hubs and rebuilding a complex bank after crisis. He explores blockchain as the future plumbing for securities and payments. He also discusses AI’s operational impact, the bank’s connector role across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and leadership lessons on culture and risk.
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Diagnose Before Hitting The Brakes
- Avoid over-tightening risk controls before fully diagnosing internal risk appetite; act after investigation.
- Overreacting can shrink the balance sheet unnecessarily and create prolonged risk aversion.
Let Clients Shape Your Product Strategy
- Follow clients' needs rather than pushing products; product strategy should serve client trajectories.
- Early innovation in niche areas can be industrialized into core strengths over decades.
Resetting Globalization, Not Ending It
- Geopolitical competition between the US and China creates persistent tension but not inevitable self-harm; economies will avoid destructive moves.
- 'Resetting globalization' means preserving trade benefits while bringing left-behind populations along and addressing sustainability and rights issues.
