BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Godfrey Swain
Non-Executive Director
ABOUT
30+ years of international banking excellence
Godfrey Swain currently chairs the ESG Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the BOV Foundation Board.
He is an international executive with 30 years of banking experience until a few years ago serving as CEO of Myanmar Citizens Bank (MCB) based in Yangon, where 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 and Head of Retail Banking and Marketing for Vietnam International Bank (VIB), a large-scale bank with Vietnamese and Australian shareholding where he was based in Ho Chi Minh City delivering a strong growth and modernisation mission for the Bank.
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 at HSBC and a member of all key Bank committees including EXCO, ALCO, Risk Management and Governance in the countries and territories where he served.
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 several 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 until a few years ago serving as CEO of Myanmar Citizens Bank (MCB) based in Yangon, where 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 and Head of Retail Banking and Marketing for Vietnam International Bank (VIB), a large-scale bank with Vietnamese and Australian shareholding where he was based in Ho Chi Minh City delivering a strong growth and modernisation mission for the Bank.
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 at HSBC and a member of all key Bank committees including EXCO, ALCO, Risk Management and Governance in the countries and territories where he served.
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 several HSBC executive programmes in London, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr Swain was appointed to the Board in May 2021.