Organisation & Governance

SWIFT is a cooperative society under Belgian law and is owned and controlled by its shareholders

SWIFT Management

The SWIFT Board of Directors delegates the day-to-day management of the Company to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Meet the Executive Committee

The CEO chairs the Executive Committee that is formed by the CEO, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), the Chief Operations Officer (COO), the Head of Marketing, and the Heads of the three Regions.

Gottfried Leibrrandt

Gottfried Leibbrandt

Chief Executive Officer, SWIFT

Gottfried Leibbrandt was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SWIFT in July 2012. He joined SWIFT in 2005 to focus on the development of the SWIFT2010 strategy. Upon completion of the strategy, he was appointed Head of Standards, and then in 2007 he was promoted to Head of Marketing. Leibbrandt was a key architect behind the SWIFT2015 strategy. Prior to joining SWIFT, Leibbrandt worked at McKinsey & Company for 18 years as a partner in the Amsterdam office and a co-leader of the European payments practice.

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Marcel Bronmans

Marcel Bronmans

Chief Operations Officer

Marcel Bronmans was appointed as Chief Operations Officer in February 2015. He joined SWIFT in 1987, and has held a variety of management positions in the IT and Operations area at SWIFT, including that of Director of Technology Operations. Most recently, Bronmans held positions as Chief Risk Officer and Head of Human Resources.

The Operations group is essential to our day-to day delivery of the SWIFT services. The group manages and operates the services used by customers on a 24/7 basis, including the running of SWIFT's operational centres and global network. The group also includes central customer support services, the incident and crisis management function and internal systems and services management

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Stephen Gilderdale, Chief Platform Officer, SWIFT

Stephen Gilderdale

Chief Platform Officer, SWIFT

Stephen Gilderdale was appointed to SWIFT’s Executive Committee as Chief Platform Officer in October 2017. He is responsible for developing SWIFT’s messaging platforms, supporting financial messaging, software and connectivity solutions for the SWIFT community. As such, he is also responsible for SWIFT’s innovation and research into cyber, DLT and other fast-moving technological areas supporting the evolution of SWIFT’s unique platform proposition.

Stephen was previously Managing Director for the UK, Ireland and Nordics, with responsibility for strategic client relationship management and business development. He also headed SWIFT’s Customer Security Programme, setting the standard for customer security through a SWIFT initiative designed to safeguard trust in cross-border payments, supporting banks in managing and reducing cyber risk before, during and after payments are made.

Stephen has more than 20 years’ experience in the operations, technology and business consultancy space, having held senior executive positions for several multinational organisations. Prior to joining SWIFT in 2007, Stephen held senior management positions at Accenture where he worked across a variety of financial institutions, including securities marketplaces, banks and card operators.

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Luc Meurant, SWIFT, Chief Marketing Officer

Luc Meurant

Chief Marketing Officer, SWIFT

Luc Meurant was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in October 2017. He was previously head of the Financial Crime Compliance Services division at SWIFT. Meurant joined SWIFT in 2002 from McKinsey & Company, where he specialised in serving financial institutions, payments systems and telecommunications firms. Earlier in his career he worked at Euroclear, where he specialised in securities transactions across European markets.

The Marketing group delivers market segment specific solutions that respond to the needs of our customers, and runs the product portfolio focusing on financial messaging solutions. The Marketing group also delivers Sibos, SWIFT’s flagship annual event, which is organised for the global financial industry.

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Javier Pérez-Tasso

Javier Pérez-Tasso

Chief Executive, Americas & UK, SWIFT

Javier Pérez-Tasso is Chief Executive Americas, UK, Ireland and Nordics at SWIFT. Appointed in September 2015, he is responsible for key client relationships and business development across the region. Previously, Pérez-Tasso served as Chief Marketing Officer, whilst earlier in his career, he held several senior leadership positions in SWIFT’s sales and marketing divisions.

The region led by Pérez -Tasso encompasses North and Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, as well as the Nordic countries. The division’s responsibilities include client relationship management, sales, and customer support. This structure enables us to work closely with our customers around the globe and respond quickly to evolving market requirements.

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Alain Raes

Alain Raes

Chief Executive, EMEA and Chief Executive, Asia Pacific

Alain Raes was appointed Head of the EMEA Region in September 2007 and added the role of Chief Executive Asia Pacific in January 2013. He was previously Director of the Continental Europe region, having joined SWIFT in 1990. Prior to joining SWIFT he worked at Citibank, Belgium, and Fortis Bank, Singapore.

The regions led by Raes encompass Asia Pacific, Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The division’s responsibilities include client relationship management, sales, and customer support. This structure enables us to work closely with our customers around the globe and respond quickly to evolving market requirements.

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Anna Agafonova

Anna Agafonova

Chief Financial Officer

Anna joined SWIFT in October 2018 from American Express. She has experience working in audit and control, forecasting, budgeting and reporting across a range of business types and industries.

The Finance and Administration group is responsible for financial management, corporate planning, monitoring Company performance, billing, customer contracts management, purchasing, logistics and general administration services.

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Craig Young

Craig Young

Chief Information Officer, SWIFT

Craig Young took up his position as Chief Information Officer in February 2015. He joined SWIFT from Verizon Communications, where he had worked for twenty years, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. The Information Technology group brings together SWIFT IT development and testing. This division is responsible for the delivery of the core FIN and SWIFTNet messaging solutions, as well as interface products, matching, business and enterprise applications. The Information Technology group is also responsible to ensure best in class cyber, logical and physical security solutions in addition to driving infrastructure and technology evolution to ensure that SWIFT’s global network works securely, efficiently and effectively.

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General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Auditor and Head of HR

The General Counsel, the Chief Risk Officer, the Chief Auditor, and the Head of HR report directly to the CEO. The CEO represents the General Counsel, the Chief Risk Officer, the Chief Auditor, and the Head of HR on the Executive Committee.

Rosemary Stone, Head of Human Resources, SWIFT

Rosemary Stone

Head of Human Resources

Rosemary Stone joined SWIFT in 2013. She was most recently acting Managing Director for the UK, Ireland and Nordics. She has also held senior management positions in the US, and for the global Marketing team in Belgium. Earlier in her career Stone held senior roles in corporate and public affairs in London and Brussels.

Human Resources manages people strategies at SWIFT, including Talent Attraction and Management, Compensation and Benefits, Employee Relations and HR Business Partnerships, which are key to enabling our organisation to bring business strategies to life.

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Peter De Koninck

Peter De Koninck

Chief Auditor

Peter De Koninck was appointed Chief Auditor in December 2014. He joined SWIFT’s Internal Audit team in 1995 from PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was manager in the Computer Audit Group and was appointed as Deputy Chief Auditor in 2004.

Internal Audit enhances and protects organisational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight.

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Patrick Krekels

General Counsel and Board Secretary

Patrick Krekels was appointed General Counsel and Board Secretary in January 2016. He joined SWIFT in 2001 as Deputy General Counsel. Krekels has more than 25 years of legal management experience; he previously worked at Philips Electronics and was an attorney at the Brussels Bar.

The Legal function provides legal support and is responsible for corporate governance and legal risk management.

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Dina Quraishi

Chief Risk Officer

Dina Quraishi joined SWIFT in November 2015 from Sandvik. Quraishi has over 15 years of international experience in risk management and control frameworks working for Zurich Insurance, Swiss Re and PwC.

The Risk office is SWIFT’s centre of risk management expertise, that provides the framework, methods, tools and processes that enable SWIFT to take risk informed decisions.

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