SWIFT, the global provider of secure messaging services, today announced the appointment of Caroline Lacocque, Regional Manager, Corporate Connectivity. Based in Hong Kong, Ms Lacocque will be responsible for promoting SWIFTNet offerings directed at corporate-to-bank activities.

Prior to joining SWIFT, Caroline was based in New York, with the Treasury and Cash Management Division of SunGard, responsible for introducing new cash and treasury solutions to SunGard corporate customers. She also has acquired significant experience with market data products and services for traders and hedge funds.

Caroline is a Belgian citizen and has earned a Masters in Law from the University of Brussels.

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About SWIFT
SWIFT is the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardised messaging services and interface software to over 8,100 financial institutions in 208 countries and territories. SWIFT members include banks, broker-dealers and investment managers. The broader SWIFT community also encompasses corporates as well as market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade. Over the past ten years, SWIFT message prices have been reduced over 80%, and system availability approaches 5x9 reliability — 99.999% of uptime.

For more information, please refer to www.swift.com.

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