Lázaro Campos, CEO of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) for the past five years and an employee there since 1987, has resigned form his post at the head of the company.
“SWIFT is an extraordinary company with great people and I have enjoyed my years here immensely. I am proud of what SWIFT means to the industry and what we have achieved during my tenure as CEO. But after 25 years with one organization, it is the right time for me to move on and make an impact elsewhere,” Campos said in an official statement.
Gottfried Leibbrandt, SWIFT’s current head of marketing and an 18-year veteran at McKinsey & Co., will follow Campos as SWIFT’s next chief executive, effective July 1.