Mr. Ferguson has had an extensive career in banking, having been with Standard Chartered Bank for 28 years, with experience in the markets of Asia, Americas, Middle East and Europe. In addition to his last role at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore as CEO, Mr. Ferguson was also its Regional Chief Executive Officer, Southeast Asia from 2007 to 2012. He also served as chairman and director of several Standard Chartered Bank subsidiary boards. From 2014-2017, Mr. Ferguson was Group Deputy CEO and Group Chief Banking Officer of Bank ABC (Arab Banking Corporation BSC) a global bank based in Bahrain.
Mr. Ferguson is currently the non-executive chairman at insurer Aviva Singlife Holdings (2017 to Present). He also holds the non-executive chairmanship at alternative asset manager Caber Partners Pte. Ltd (2017 to Present), commodities trading firm HeveaConnect Pte. Ltd (2019 to Present) and fintech company Hashtacs Pte. Ltd (2020 to Present).