Lázaro Campos

Lázaro Campos is a Spanish financial infrastructure executive who joined the interbank messaging network Swift in 1987 and was its chief executive from 2007 to 2012. He later held board roles at financial firms and on a Bank of England payment-system board, and in October 2026 he became chairman of the stablecoin yield infrastructure company OpenTrade OpenTradeOpenTrade is a London-based stablecoin yield infrastructure company. It provides fintechs, exchanges and digital wallets with asset access, vaults, interfaces and operations for treasury management and embedded yield products.Open the full entry.

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1987–2003Joining Swift and Early Roles

Before joining Swift, Campos worked in the international division of Banc Agricol. He joined Swift in 1987, was promoted to the executive committee and head of marketing in 2000, and became head of the banking industry division in 2003.⁠[1]

He was manager of FIN products and value-added services from 1993 to 1995 and then director of market infrastructure services, responsible for projects including Echo, CHAPS Euro, EBA Clearing and Target. From 1998 to 2000 he was director of treasury markets, managing the CLS project.⁠[2]

2007Becoming Swift Chief Executive

On February 19, 2007, Swift’s board announced that Campos would succeed Leonard Schrank as chief executive from April 23.⁠[1]

Schrank was stepping down after 15 years in the role; Campos, then 43, had been a member of Swift’s executive committee for seven years.⁠[2]

2012Stepping Down at Swift

On May 21, 2012, Swift announced that Campos had notified the board of his intention to leave after 25 years with the company, the last five as chief executive. Swift said that under his leadership it pursued the Swift2015 growth and transformation strategy, almost doubling volumes while cutting costs by 30% and prices by 50%.⁠[3]

Campos informed the board of his decision towards the end of March and led the company until June 30; Gottfried Leibbrandt, then head of marketing, succeeded him from July 1. Campos said that “after 25 years with one organisation, it is the right time for me to move on and make an impact elsewhere.”⁠[4]

After 2012: Board Roles

After leaving Swift, Campos held board seats at Starling Bank and Payoneer, served as an independent member of the Bank of England’s RTGS/CHAPS board and sat on Standard Chartered Standard CharteredStandard Chartered is an international banking group formed in 1969 through the merger of the Chartered Bank, founded in 1853, and the Standard Bank, founded in 1862; it is listed in London and Hong Kong and focuses mainly on markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.Open the full entry’s board financial crime risk committee. He chairs Payoneer Europe and PPRO’s advisory board.⁠[5]

October 2026OpenTrade Chairman

On October 29, 2026, Campos became chairman of the London-based stablecoin yield company OpenTrade.⁠[6]