Dr. Stanley Jacob

Stanley is a Fintech Executive and Business Leader with a strong drive for Platform Orchestration, Nurturing Start-up, Driving Innovation, Partnerships and Financial Inclusion. He is currently the President of the Fintech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR) and Vice President (Western Africa) for the Africa Fintech Network (AFN)

He was the Past Chairman of the Committee of e-Business Industry Heads of Nigeria (CeBIH) and is a Member of the Advisory Council of CeBIH. Stanley is also a Member of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and sits on the Fintech & Innovation, and Capacity Building Committees of the Council.

As the pioneer CEO of Zest Payments (a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC PLC, and a member of the Standard Bank Group of South Africa), Stanley led the setup of the fintech subsidiary for the group driving payments orchestration, global e-Commerce and delivery of value-added services. Prior to joining Stanbic IBTC, he was the Regional Head of Financial Institutions (West Africa), and Country Business Director (Nigeria) at Mastercard, he served at Ecobank Transnational as the Group Head of Consumer Payments supporting 33 countries across Africa, and at Standard Chartered Bank where he was the Head of Digital Bank supporting retail markets across Africa. Stanley was the pioneer Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Fortis Mobile Money (one of the first 16 Licensees of Mobile Money in Nigeria).

Passionate about supporting the global climate and sustainability objectives, Stanley holds a Doctoral Degree with specialization in Green Finance from Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM) Spain, an MBA in Technology Management from ADBU India, Post-Graduate Diploma in Digital Business (PGDDB) from Emeritus Singapore, Post- Graduate in Public Policy & Administration, and has completed executive management courses on strategy, cybersecurity, digital finance from INSEAD, Imperial College, University of Oxford, Columbia Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (Tufts University), Terry College of Business (University of Georgia), amongst others.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB), Member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD), Certified Cards & Payments Professional (CCPP), Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration (FICA) and a licensed Project Management Professional (PMP).