Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has appointed Stephen Swift as head of global finance for Asia Pacific, with effect from 1 January 2017. He replaces Sadia Ricke following her appointment as chief country officer for the UK, also effective 1st January 2017.

Based in Hong Kong, Swift will report to Hikaru Ogata, CEO of Societe Generale for Asia Pacific, and Pierre Palmieri, global head of global finance.

In his new role, Swift will leverage his deep knowledge of the finance industry developed over 28 years, as well as his expertise built over many years within the bank’s global finance division, to further develop SG CIB’s global finance business in the Asia Pacific region.

SG CIB has been running its global finance business in Asia Pacific for more than 20 years, where it offers a wide range of tailor-made financing solutions, spanning across structured financing, debt capital markets, syndication as well as strategic advisory services. 

Swift joined Societe Generale Group in London in 1987 before moving to Paris to launch the bank’s Continental European (ex-France) leverage finance activity. In 1997 he moved to syndication firstly in Paris and then from 2006 based in London to run the European loan syndication business.