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Swift Strengthens Global Product Leadership With Executive Hire
Swift today announced the appointment of Thomas Delaet as Chief Product Officer.
Delaet joins Swift from McKinsey & Company, where he spent 14 years working with financial institutions to drive technology transformation and enable faster innovation. He will lead Swift’s product group, delivering enhanced services that Swift’s community can use to provide an instant and frictionless experience through new data and technology solutions and emerging digital assets.
He brings deep financial industry and technology experience, working with banks and market infrastructure providers on payments and digital and technology transformations. His experience includes transforming operating models, architecture and cloud transformations, along with software engineering transformation, specifically tailored to the needs of mission-critical infrastructure providers.
Javier Pérez-Tasso, Chief Executive Officer, Swift, said: “Thomas’s leadership and broad expertise working with the financial industry on digital and technology transformation initiatives is a strong addition to Swift as we continue to support the industry’s transition to the new financial ecosystem. I’m looking forward to the experience Thomas will bring to Swift’s leadership team.”
Thomas Delaet, Chief Product Officer, Swift, said: “I’m excited to be joining Swift at such a pivotal moment for the industry. I look forward to working with our teams and customers to deliver products and meaningful innovation that enable the industry to continue to rely on Swift for secure and seamless cross-border finance.”
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