Speaker's profile

Suman Sharma

Head People Capability, Wealth & Retail Banking, ASEAN & Co-head of AI Learning

Standard Chartered

Suman Sharma is Head of People Capability for Wealth & Retail Banking and ASEAN at Standard Chartered Bank, and co-head of the Bank’s AI learning agenda. He leads large-scale capability, leadership, and skills transformation initiatives that enable the business to perform today while building readiness for the future.

An innovative problem solver and transformational leader with 20 years of experience in banking and HR, Suman builds high-performing teams and unlocks potential through skills and capability uplift. He partners closely with senior leaders to link people capability directly to business outcomes.

His work spans leadership development, frontline and sales capability, contact centre transformation, and enterprise AI upskilling. A key part of his portfolio includes driving AI literacy and adoption at scale, helping thousands of colleagues build practical, responsible AI capability. Suman is passionate about demystifying AI and embedding it into everyday ways of working to deliver real value for colleagues and clients.

Known for combining strategic clarity with strong execution, Suman brings an enterprise mindset to people and capability agendas across functions, geographies, and cultures.