11 Jun 2015 17:01

NSD Head Eddie Astanin joins SWIFT Board of Directors

MOSCOW. June 11 (Interfax) - Chairman of the Board of the National Settlement Depository (NSD) Eddie Astanin was elected to the board of directors of SWIFT, the NSD said in a statement.

This is the first time that a chairman from Russia has joined the SWIFT board.

Earlier Astanin was elected by a general meeting of the association members of ROSSWIFT as a candidate for the SWIFT board of directors on behalf of the Russian financial organizations that use SWIFT.