John Ho

John Ho is the Global Head of Legal, Financial Markets for Standard Chartered Bank (“Standard Chartered”).

John has supported digitisation in Standard Chartered and adoption of new or innovative technology initiatives such as blockchain, distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. He is an active participant in the industry’s Fintech events and has shared insights on the legal and regulatory framework relating to the development of Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Digital Assets, Stablecoins, Web3 and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). He contributed to a recent publication issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called ‘Asset Tokenization in Financial Markets’ released in May 2025.