Shirish joined Swift in 2022 as Global Head – Wholesale Payments & Trade Strategy, based at Singapore. Shirish has over 24 years of experience and the last 16 years in Payments across retail, corporate, and financial institutions.
At Swift he is responsible for the definition of “Why” for Wholesale Payments & Trade, an area that is both, core today and for the future of global commerce across the ecosystem Swift serves. Wholesale Payments & Trade is an integrated agenda that covers core payment products for B2x payments and corporate treasury; trade standards, digitisation, and trade platforms; payment market infrastructures, and marketplaces. Shirish represents Swift on the ICC Digital Standards Initiative Industry Advisory Board and is also on the Board of Directors of Swift India, a Swift joint venture with leading banks in India.
Before Swift, Shirish was Managing Director & Global Head of Payments for Standard Chartered Bank. His 19-year career at Standard Chartered spanned geographies of Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, and Asia. He held multiple leadership roles encompassing Product P&L management of retail and corporate payments, currency clearing, and FI Trade finance. Most recently he led the bank’s foray into Digital Currencies and alternate settlement networks.
