SWIFT CIO Mike Fish is retiring in early 2015 after 15 years at the financial services secure messaging services provider. Fish also heads operations at SWIFT. Gottfried Leibbrandt, CEO of SWIFT, described Fish as an “outstanding” CIO, and thanked Fish for his services. “Our infrastructure is in better shape than ever, as evidenced by our strong operational record. “He has steered this important function through an extended period of intense change, meeting a number of key new technological challenges while always maintaining consistent operational excellence.” Fish joined SWIFT in 1999 from US telecoms company Ameritech, where he held a number of senior management roles in IT. He was appointed CIO at SWIFT in July 2006. SWIFT customers include the majority of the global banks, brokers and traders and the investment management community. Fish was responsible for overseeing transformation of the SWIFTNet messaging platform and the construction and go-live of the organisation’s new operating centre in Switzerland. Fish was a CIO that was actively invilved in customer facing technology services too and led the development of SWIFT’s cloud-based Lite2 connectivity option, the sanctions screening service and the TARGET2-Securities European securities settlement engine project. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe