BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Godfrey Swain
Non-Executive Director
ABOUT
30+ years of international banking excellence
Godfrey Swain is a member of the Bank’s Nominations and Remuneration Committee, ESG Committee and a Director on the Board of MAPFRE MSV Life p.l.c.
He is an international executive with 30 years of banking experience, recently serving as CEO of Myanmar Citizens Bank (MCB) based in Yangon. He was tasked with executing a banking transformational strategy in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank.
Mr Swain previously served as Deputy CEO, Head of Retail Banking and Marketing based in Ho Chi Minh City delivering a growth and modernisation mission for Vietnam International Bank (VIB), a large-scale bank with Vietnamese and Australian shareholding.
Mr Swain served as a senior Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) international executive for 20 years. He held key roles as Managing Director and Country Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management for HSBC in Japan, Vietnam and previously Malta, where he also held the role of Head of Marketing and Communications and Founding CEO/MD of HSBC Life Assurance (Malta) Limited.
Mr Swain was a member of the Hong Kong- based HSBC Asia Pacific Regional Management team. He was also Director of various Boards including Life Assurance and Fund Management subsidiaries and EXCO, ALCO, and was a Risk Management and Governance Committee member in the countries and territories where he worked.
Mr Swain started his financial services career in Adelaide and Sydney with National Mutual Life, Australia.
Mr Swain is a business graduate from Monash University, holds a diploma in Strategic Management from Henley School of Management and participated in HSBC executive programmes in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr Swain was appointed to the Board in May 2021.
He is an international executive with 30 years of banking experience, recently serving as CEO of Myanmar Citizens Bank (MCB) based in Yangon. He was tasked with executing a banking transformational strategy in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank.
Mr Swain previously served as Deputy CEO, Head of Retail Banking and Marketing based in Ho Chi Minh City delivering a growth and modernisation mission for Vietnam International Bank (VIB), a large-scale bank with Vietnamese and Australian shareholding.
Mr Swain served as a senior Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) international executive for 20 years. He held key roles as Managing Director and Country Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management for HSBC in Japan, Vietnam and previously Malta, where he also held the role of Head of Marketing and Communications and Founding CEO/MD of HSBC Life Assurance (Malta) Limited.
Mr Swain was a member of the Hong Kong- based HSBC Asia Pacific Regional Management team. He was also Director of various Boards including Life Assurance and Fund Management subsidiaries and EXCO, ALCO, and was a Risk Management and Governance Committee member in the countries and territories where he worked.
Mr Swain started his financial services career in Adelaide and Sydney with National Mutual Life, Australia.
Mr Swain is a business graduate from Monash University, holds a diploma in Strategic Management from Henley School of Management and participated in HSBC executive programmes in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr Swain was appointed to the Board in May 2021.