The SWIFT Board of Directors
Governing and overseeing the management of SWIFT
Members of the Board of Directors, SWIFT
SWIFT's Board composition reflects the usage of SWIFT messaging services, and is designed to ensure SWIFT's global relevance, support its international reach and uphold its strict neutrality.
Yawar Shah
Managing Director, Citi, USA and Chairman of the Board of Directors, SWIFT
John Ellington
Director, Shared Services, NatWest Group, United Kingdom
Eddie Astanin
Chairman of Management Board, Central Counterparty Clearing Centre (NCC), Russia
Mark Buitenhek
Head of Transaction Services, ING, The Netherlands
José Luís Calderón
Managing Director, Global Head of GTB at Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (SCIB), Member of SCIB Executive Committee, Santander, Spain
Bernard Carless
Head of Payment Market Infrastructures, FirstRand Group Treasury, South Africa
Bock Cheng Neo
Executive Vice President, Head of Global Transaction Banking, OCBC Bank, Singapore
Fabrice Denèle
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships of Natixis Payments, France.
Marc Derycke
Managing Director, Euroclear, Belgium
Yaosheng Fan
General Manager, Head Office Clearing Department, Bank of China, China
Stefano Favale
Global Head of Global Transaction Banking, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
Göran Fors
Deputy Head of Investor Services, SEB, Sweden
Seraina Frey
Managing Director, Head CDIO COO Shared Services Operations, Member of the CDIO COO Managing Committee, UBS Business Solutions AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Mark Gem
Member of the Executive Board, Clearstream, Luxembourg
Martin Kobler
Managing Director, Head Financial Institutions, Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. Institutional Clients, Switzerland
Lisa Lansdowne-Higgins
Senior Vice President, Business Transformation and Deposits, RBC, Canada
Emma Loftus
EVP and Head of Treasury Management, PNC Bank, USA
Lynn Mathews
Chairman of the Australian National Member Group, Australia
Ole Matthiessen
Managing Director, Global Head of Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, Germany
Noritoshi Murakami
Managing Director, Head of Transaction Banking Division, MUFG, Japan
Alain Pochet
Head of Client Delivery BNP Paribas Securities Services, France
Russell Saunders
UK Board Member, SWIFT
Patrick Tans
Senior General Manager, Banking Products and Transformation, KBC, Belgium
Yvonne Yiu
SWIFT Board Member for Hong Kong and HSBC’s Head of Hong Kong and Interim Co-Head of ASP GLCM
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