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Future of Business: Standard Bank’s CEO on Driving Sustainable Growth and Shared Prosperity

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Future of Business: Standard Bank’s CEO on Driving Sustainable Growth and Shared Prosperity

HBR IdeaCast

2025/11/13
HBR IdeaCast

HBR IdeaCast

2025/11/13
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In uncertain times, leaders at all levels can learn from what the world's leading CEOs are doing to protect their companies from risk and forge a path forward. In this Future of Business series, IdeaCast hosts Alison Beard and Adi Ignatius interview four c...

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In this episode of the Future of Business series, Alison Beard sits down with Sim Tshabalala, CEO of Standard Bank, to explore how leadership rooted in lived experience—particularly growing up under apartheid—shapes a bank’s purpose, strategy, and response to global uncertainty.
03:28
Africa’s innovation in payments and inclusion offers valuable lessons for global finance
06:35
Standard Bank runs 200 proof-of-concept projects using large language models across the organization
10:41
AI won't obliterate human activity; humans find new roles, as seen with ATMs and typewriters
20:37
The bank advocates for rethinking capital allocation for African infrastructure and challenges ratings agencies' misapplication of data on African sovereigns
23:50
Investment opportunities in Africa include telcos, education, health, and infrastructure for copper, manganese, cobalt, and rare earth minerals

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How growing up under apartheid shaped a banker's mission for inclusive prosperity
00:00
Why Africa is leapfrogging in digital finance—and how Standard Bank is scaling AI responsibly
06:35
Can AI deepen trust in banking—or does it risk eroding it?
10:41
What does it really mean to run a bank as a 'technology company anchored by values'?
17:23
What’s unlocking Africa’s next wave of investment—and why global finance still gets it wrong
23:50

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Alison Beard: By 2030, finance could harness hindsight, insight, and foresight to elevate your function from necessary cost center to value creator. Explore Deloitte's Future of Finance publication to shape your team's impact. Visit Deloitte.com. Slash US,...