Stanley holds a Masters degree in Economics and a BCom. degree in Accounting from the University of South Africa. He has extensive banking and IT experience, 33 of which were with the Standard Bank of South Africa where he filled an industry level role holding several key positions including that of Chairman of the PASA Risk Committee. He has had extensive exposure to banking practice and banking operations in a number of countries including the USA, United Kingdom, South Africa, Israel, Europe, and Australia. He has also acted as advisor to a number of central banks on payment systems, oversight, policy, and payment risk issues. More recently, he spent time in the high-tech sector as a payment systems designer and consultant to a global payments software developer.