Mr. Leibbrandt led Swift as CEO from 2012 to 2019, having previously served in various capacities including Head of Marketing, Standards, and Strategy. Before Swift, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, specializing in financial institutions and payments. Currently a senior advisor at McKinsey, he chairs the Dutch Payments Association, overseeing infrastructure, standards, and regulations. He co-authored "The Payoff: How Changing Payments Changes Everything" in 2021. Leibbrandt holds an MBA from Stanford, an MA in Econometrics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Maastricht.
