Michael Pearce

Michael Pearce is Head of Central Bank Solutions at Klearium Group, where he leads engagement with central banks and financial authorities on cross-border clearing, settlement visibility and compliance infrastructure. A banker with over 35 years' international experience, he spent 19 years with Citigroup — including as Group CFO of Citi Africa — and served six years as Chairman of Afghanistan International Bank, one of the world's most demanding correspondent banking environments. His work focuses on reconnecting frontier and emerging markets to global financial corridors: restoring supervisory visibility for regulators while giving commercial banks reliable access to G20-currency clearing. He advises on payments interoperability, correspondent de-risking, and the practical governance needed to link national financial infrastructure to international networks.