Financial messaging and services cooperative SWIFT has appointed Christopher Johnson and Fedra Ware to the newly created positions of practice leads, compliance services, for the Americas.
They will lead SWIFT’s efforts in financial crime compliance, including sanctions screening and testing, know your customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance analytics, according to SWIFT, which connects more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 212 countries and territories.
“Compliance services are an increasingly important priority and growth area for SWIFT, and Johnson and Ware will work to address the evolving compliance needs of SWIFT’s wide community of users,” SWIFT says in a statement.
Johnson, who will be based in SWIFT Americas’ headquarters in New York, joins SWIFT from BankersAccuity, where he focused on helping clients keep pace with regulations and market changes affecting the banking industry in North America and around the globe, says SWIFT, noting that, previously, he held positions with Dow Jones & Company and MarketGrader.com.
Ware, who will be based in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Fla. area, joins SWIFT after a 12-year stint at the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA), where she was integral to the success of FIBA’s annual Anti Money Laundering and Compliance conference, according to the SWIFT statement.
The latest compliance additions follow the appointment of Luc Meurant as the head of SWIFT’s compliance services unit, the statement notes.
“In response to our customers’ demand for industry-wide solutions to streamline their compliance processes, cut costs and reduce risks, SWIFT is building out a team that will rise to the challenge,” Chris Church, chief executive Americas, SWIFT, says in the statement.
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