Nasir Ahmed

Nasir is the Head of Americas and UK region at Swift and has been in this role since January 2024, prior to which he was Head of UK and Ireland. In his current role, Nasir is responsible for ensuring that the UK and Americas region grow in alignment with Swift’s strategy and that our business development activities reflect Swift’s globally inclusive nature. Before taking up regional leadership roles, Nasir spent a year leading the Swift ISO 20022 adoption programme for cross border payments.

Nasir joined Swift in 2017 as a Key Account manager and then a Strategic Relationship Manager within the UK and Ireland business, focusing on strengthening and further developing relationships with Swift’s key global clients in the region. He has also spent time in the CEO office with primary responsibility for structuring and coordinating the external engagement plan of the Swift CEO. Before joining Swift, Nasir spent 11 years in the banking industry with Citigroup.