Harry is Managing Director, Industry Policy and Senior Advisor at Swift, based in the United Kingdom.
He was previously Head of Banking and Payments Strategy in Swift closely involved in payment system innovation and regulation globally. Prior to this, Harry was the Swift Programme Director for the New Payments Platform instant payment system in Australia, based in Sydney, and led Swift’s gpi initiative to improve global international payments.
He has 30 years’ experience in financial markets and market infrastructures globally, designing and managing Swift’s role in major MIs across both banking and securities systems such as TARGET2, TARGET2 for Securities, CLS and Euro1. Before joining Swift, Harry worked for APACS in the UK, where he project-managed the development of CHAPS Sterling RTGS and CHAPS Euro RTGS as well as working on retail payment system development.