Swift today announced the appointment of Michael Manos as Chief Information Officer (CIO).Manos will lead Swift’s technology platform strategy including network, security and cloud capabilities, ensuring Swift’s services and systems – over which 11,500 banks, financial institutions and corporates send the equivalent of world GDP every three days – remain secure, resilient and ready to support the company’s innovations for the global financial community, uplifting the payments experience and harnessing the benefits of tokenisation.Manos will oversee Swift’s focus on post-quantum cryptography, its response to frontier AI, and the company’s multi-year roadmap to adopt new cryptographic standards while maintaining interoperability and uninterrupted service for the global financial industry as the threat landscape continues to evolve.Manos joins Swift from Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decision-making data and analytics, where he served as Chief Technology Officer. He brings more than 30 years of experience driving technology-led change and execution, having held senior leadership roles at companies including Fiserv, AOL and Microsoft, leading initiatives across technology operations, infrastructure, platform automation and the development of payment, banking and e-commerce platforms. Manos graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and holds multiple technology industry patents.Manos replaces Cheri McGuire, who served as CTO since 2021 and is retiring.Javier Pérez-Tasso, Chief Executive Officer at Swift, said: “Michael’s depth of experience leading large-scale, mission-critical technology organisations across platforms, data and security will be an asset for Swift and our global community.“As the financial industry and technological landscape continues to evolve, Michael will lead our efforts to continue to invest in the resilience and security of our platforms as the company embraces digital technologies and enables responsible innovation. I would also like to express my gratitude to Cheri and wish her the best for her retirement. Her deep industry experience and contributions to Swift’s operational excellence, security and technology resilience have been invaluable over the last five years.”Michael Manos, Chief Information Officer at Swift, said: “Swift sits at the heart of the global financial system and its network is fundamental to the functioning of the world economy. Its reputation for maintaining the highest levels of security and resiliency is well known and thousands of institutions place their trust in Swift every single day. As Swift works to ensure that regulated digital forms of value can be introduced securely and seamlessly into the ecosystem, I’m looking forward to working with our teams across the world to build on and maintain the trust of our community.”NoYesPeople Moves16 Jun, 2026