Standard Chartered Expands Asia Digital Assets Strategy With Karby Leggett Appointment

Standard Chartered digital assets Asia strategy is expanding with the appointment of Karby Leggett as head of digital assets for Greater China, North Asia, South Asia and ASEAN.

Leggett will join the bank’s Digital Assets Centre of Excellence while continuing as global head of the official institutions group under the research division.

The bank said the appointment reflects growing institutional interest in tokenised finance, stablecoins and digital‑asset ecosystems.

Standard Chartered digital assets Asia initiatives aim to help clients explore how tokenised assets and blockchain technologies could reshape financial services and market infrastructure.