After two years as China head, Michael Cheung has been promoted to head of North Asia at the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications Swift, a financial messaging firm that enables its customers to automate and standardise financial transactions. He takes over from Neil Stevens who is moving to Europe.
Cheung's new responsibilities, which he assumed on June 1, include all commercial activities in Greater China, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam. He will also retain his duties as head of China, and will now report directly to Swift's Asia-Pacific chief executive Ian Johnston.
As head of North Asia, Cheung said he hopes to first, extend our success in the market infrastructure...