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Leigh Amaro is the Head of North America for Swift and has established herself as a visionary leader in the rapidly evolving payments landscape. In her current role, Leigh continues to push the boundaries of what's possible in the realm of payment innovation. She brings expertise that extends across a myriad of domains, from mobile payments and e-commerce to blockchain and cryptocurrency, innovating the way businesses and consumers interact with financial services. She has over 20 years of experience in payments, including strategy, marketing, sales, and product executive management roles at Visa, Mastercard, and now Swift.

Tod Burwell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of BAFT. Prior to being promoted to CEO, he served as the Senior Vice President of Trade Products with oversight of all trade-related initiatives including the Global Trade Industry Council, Trade Committees, and other strategic initiatives of the organization. Mr. Burwell has over 25 years of trade, supply chain and cash management experience as a banking practitioner, as well as serving as a consultant to global corporations and suppliers of strategically integrated trade solutions. Prior to joining BAFT, Mr. Burwell was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and held senior global management roles responsible for trade operations, launching the logistics business and managing global product sales for trade finance and logistics management.

As the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Product Officer (CPO) for the Corporate Bank and the CIO for Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) at Deutsche Bank, Joanne Hannaford leads the technology strategy and delivery for the global corporate banking business and the AFC division. Joanne is passionate about using technology to innovate, solve problems, and drive the digital agenda forward in a highly regulated and competitive industry. In her role at Deutsche Bank, Joanne has been instrumental in driving the bank's digital transformation and engineering excellence to enhance the bank's technology infrastructure and improve operational efficiencies.

Cheri was appointed Chief Technology Officer in August 2021, with responsibility for the vision, strategy and security of Swift’s technology platform. As CTO, she oversees all aspects of the platform, network, cloud capabilities and security, with a focus on resilience, trust and innovation. Cheri brings more than 30 years of experience in strategy, policy, and operations, spanning the financial, software, consulting and government sectors. Previously, she was Managing Director and Group Chief Information Security Officer for Standard Chartered PLC in London, and held senior roles at Microsoft, Symantec, US Department of Homeland Security and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Deepa Sinha is the Senior Vice President of Payments and Financial Crime at BAFT, and will work to advance the goals of the payments and cash management industry through standardization, defining best practices and developing usable industry data. She will also be responsible for formulating policy recommendations and educating industry stakeholders including practitioners, regulators, policymakers and the broader business community. Prior to joining BAFT, Sinha accumulated more than 25 years of treasury and cash management experience at both corporations and banks. She formerly served as Treasurer at Caliburn International, now Acuity International, where she oversaw cash forecasting, working capital and debt management, and implemented policies and banking technology to support all core treasury functions. As the Associate Vice President of Banking Operations and Relationships at the Carlyle Group, she developed the cash management, FX and banking platforms, and built and managed the infrastructure for multicurrency cash management across 5,000+ bank accounts at more than 100 global banks. She also served on both the JPMorgan Chase Treasury and Wells Fargo Treasury Advisory Councils.

Patricia Sullivan is Managing Director and Global Head of Institutional Cash Management (ICM) at Deutsche Bank since January 2024. In this role Patricia oversees the business and teams within the Corporate Bank delivering a wide range of payment, transactional FX, risk management, and liquidity solutions to financial institutions (banks & central banks) and Deutsche Bank affiliates. Patricia holds a Board Observer seat at Partior and is a member of the BAFT Transaction Banking Global Leaders Council. Patricia has more than 20 years of experience in covering ICM, Criminal Prosecution, Litigation, Financial Crime Compliance and Core Compliance.