Eddie Astanin voted Swift board candidate

Eddie Astanin voted Swift board candidate

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Eddie Astanin has been elected by Russia financial institutions which are Swift members as a candidate for the board of directors of the international Swift system. He will join the Swift board, pending election at the annual general meeting on June 2015 11 in La Hulpe, Belgium.

Astanin, the chairman of the executive board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, will be the first representative of Russia will join the highest executive body of Swift.

"This decision is a great honor and responsibility for me. I thank Russian users of Swift for their trust and will do all my best to justify it," said Astanin. 

"Participation on the board of directors will create new opportunities for taking account of Russian users’ interests in the development of Swift and for the promotion of its new services here for the benefit of the Russian financial market's development."


"I am delighted that the Russian Swift community has selected a respected leader in the financial markets, and representative of a strong Swift supporter," said Matthieu de Heering, head of Russia CIS and Mongolia, Swift.


Swift's board of directors consists of 25 members representing countries with the biggest Swift message traffic. The board is elected for a three year term at the annual general meeting of Swift participants.

The board of directors provides strategic management and oversight of the Swift executive committee which is responsible for day-to-day management.

Roman Chernov, executive director of Russian National Swift Association (Rosswift) said that Russia's entitlement to propose its representative to the board of Swift was the logical consequence of twenty years of activity of their association. 

"It is remarkable that during the year of our twentieth anniversary and despite a complex geopolitical situation, our community is getting the opportunity to directly contribute to Swift’s strategy," said Chernov. 

"I am happy to note that the candidate to Swift’s board is the well-respected leader in the financial market, head of Russia’s preeminent securities market infrastructure, and member of Rosswift's steering committee, Eddie Astanin. On behalf of the Russian Swift community, I would like to congratulate Eddie and wish him success with the election to SWIFT’s Board."

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