Sameer Chishty
Founder
Sameer has successfully tackled some of the financial services industry's toughest highest-stakes problems. As a senior executive and top-tier advisor he has been working on strategy, orgnization, and acquisitions for 20+ years. He is a proven business leader with a track record of delivering sustainable change and superior growth in Asia and the US.
Sameer's expertise spans multiple sectors of financial services, including retail and business banking, payments, and lending; private banking, wealth and asset management; life, general, and health insurance.
Prior to founding Streeton Partners, Sameer was a Partner at Bain & Company based in Hong Kong, advising leading international and local market leaders, and some of the world's most successful private equity and hedge fund groups At Bain, Sameer co-led the Greater China Financial Services practice, led the Global Wealth Management practices, and founded the Asia FinTech practice. He was also co-author of the bi-annual industry-leading China Wealth Report from 2009 to 2015.
He previously held senior roles in executive management. At Standard Chartered Bank, Sameer served as Global Product Head of Deposits / Consumer Transaction Banking based in Singapore, a USD2B+ product line, and Country CEO of Consumer Banking in Pakistan, the 5th largest consumer operation in the group. At Merrill Lynch in New York he was CFO of Consumer Banking Services, a USD70B+ balance sheet, and Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development for Global Wealth Management, the #1 US wealth manager.
Sameer started his career at McKinsey & Co in New York, where he was elected Partner in their Financial Institutions Group at the age of 30.
Sameer is a graduate of Harvard College, where he was Business Manager of The Harvard Crimson, the University's daily newspaper, and served as Co-Chairman of Harvard Class of 1993's record-breaking Gift Committee.
Sameer is Executive Chairman at AsiaPak Investments, which has deployed USD 3.3 Billion in Belt and Road projects in Pakistan; and, FinTech Venture Partner at SparkLabs Global, which is the world's 3rd biggest early stage tech accelerator and investor.
He currently serves on the boards of several private companies in Asia. He is based in Hong Kong.
Founder
Sameer has successfully tackled some of the financial services industry's toughest highest-stakes problems. As a senior executive and top-tier advisor he has been working on strategy, orgnization, and acquisitions for 20+ years. He is a proven business leader with a track record of delivering sustainable change and superior growth in Asia and the US.
Sameer's expertise spans multiple sectors of financial services, including retail and business banking, payments, and lending; private banking, wealth and asset management; life, general, and health insurance.
Prior to founding Streeton Partners, Sameer was a Partner at Bain & Company based in Hong Kong, advising leading international and local market leaders, and some of the world's most successful private equity and hedge fund groups At Bain, Sameer co-led the Greater China Financial Services practice, led the Global Wealth Management practices, and founded the Asia FinTech practice. He was also co-author of the bi-annual industry-leading China Wealth Report from 2009 to 2015.
He previously held senior roles in executive management. At Standard Chartered Bank, Sameer served as Global Product Head of Deposits / Consumer Transaction Banking based in Singapore, a USD2B+ product line, and Country CEO of Consumer Banking in Pakistan, the 5th largest consumer operation in the group. At Merrill Lynch in New York he was CFO of Consumer Banking Services, a USD70B+ balance sheet, and Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development for Global Wealth Management, the #1 US wealth manager.
Sameer started his career at McKinsey & Co in New York, where he was elected Partner in their Financial Institutions Group at the age of 30.
Sameer is a graduate of Harvard College, where he was Business Manager of The Harvard Crimson, the University's daily newspaper, and served as Co-Chairman of Harvard Class of 1993's record-breaking Gift Committee.
Sameer is Executive Chairman at AsiaPak Investments, which has deployed USD 3.3 Billion in Belt and Road projects in Pakistan; and, FinTech Venture Partner at SparkLabs Global, which is the world's 3rd biggest early stage tech accelerator and investor.
He currently serves on the boards of several private companies in Asia. He is based in Hong Kong.