The SWIFT mafia

Worked there 16

Went on to found or lead

• Christian Hernalsteen

  Methodologist - Agile expert at SWIFT · Oct 2014 – Mar 2016→CEO, co-founder at DigiWall

• PDavid Gillot

  I&A Analyst at SWIFT · 1998 – 2001→Co-founder and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at CommuniThings

• David Mellett

  Marketing Strategist at SWIFT · Oct 2005 – Feb 2014→Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder at BeeFounders

• Francois Franssens

  Product Owner at SWIFT · Jul 2018 – Apr 2026→Chief Operating Officer at Fullyn

• Guillaume Gosse

  Internship at SWIFT · Aug 2012 – Aug 2012→Co-Founder at Lastlink

• Luc Meurant

  Chief Marketing Officer, member of the Executive Committee at SWIFT · Nov 2017 – Nov 2019→Chief Executive Officer at Neterium

• Marc Delbaere

  Head of Payment Prevalidation at SWIFT · Dec 2020 – Aug 2021→Founder at Kindata

• PPascal Aerens

  Software Engineer at SWIFT · Oct 1995 – May 1997→Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Neterium

• Quinten Rosseel

  Graphic Web Design & Service Marketing at SWIFT · Jul 2014 – Aug 2016→Co-Founder at Ella Energy AI

• Wim Wouters

  Test Engineer at SWIFT · Aug 1992 – Sep 1992→Chief Technology Officer at EnergyVision

• Xavier Gobert

  Provisioning coordinator at SWIFT · 1997 – 1998→Chief Information Officer at Haerens Group

Where else they landed

• Harold Waterkeyn

  Dev/Systems Engineer at SWIFT · Mar 2015 – Oct 2016→CTO at Shippr

• Jonathan Weber

  Systems Engineer at SWIFT · Sep 2004 – Sep 2006→Vice Chairman & VP Strategic Alliances and Special Projects at Urbantz

• Mike Heremans

  Enterprise Data Architect at SWIFT · Feb 2021 – Dec 2021→Senior Enterprise Architect at ECZION

• Nassim Benoussaid

  Intern Analyst at SWIFT · Jul 2013 – Sep 2013→Data Science & AI Lead at Syensqo

On the graph

• Javier Perez-Tasso

  Chief Executive Americas and UK Region at SWIFT · Jul 2015 – Jun 2019