SWIFT Onboards Cheri F. McGuire as Chief Technology Officer

(Source:Linkedin)

SWIFT yesterday announced that it has appointed Cheri F. McGuire as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In addition, she will also join the company's Executive Committee.

In her new role, Cheri will be responsible for overseeing the co-operative’s core infrastructure to ensure it remains strong, resilient and secure, and will report directly to CEO Javier Pérez-Tasso. 

Cheri brings with more than 30 years in strategy, policy, and operations, and spanning the financial, technology, consulting and government sectors. As seen on her Linkedin profile, before arriving at SWIFT, Cheri currently serves as non-resident scholar and advisory board member to the FinCyber Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonpartisan international affairs think tank.

In addition, she was reappointed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to a third term on its International Cyber Security Advisory Panel this year.  She also worked as Member of Board of Directors of Cybercrime Support Network, a US-based non-profit organization.

Over the course of her career, Cheri previously worked at Standard Chartered Bank as CISO and Managing Director from June 2016 to December 2019. She has also held senior roles at Microsoft, Symantec, US Department of Homeland Security, Booz Allen Hamilton and other companies.

​SWIFT recently announced the launch of SWIFT Go​, a new service that enables small businesses and consumers to send fast, predictable, highly secure, and competitively priced low-value cross-border payments anywhere in the world, direct from their bank accounts.