Nico J N Swart is a highly educated and accomplished professional with a strong background in business administration and management. Swart earned a Master of Business Administration in Business Administration from the University of Surrey and also studied management, operations management, and data science at Damelin and MIT Sloan School of Management.

Swart has experience working with Standard Bank Group in various leadership positions. The Executive Head Intelligent Automation for CIB Operations is Swart's current position at the bank. In this role, Swart manages intelligent automation projects for the CIB Operations division. Prior to this, Swart worked as the Executive Head: Global Markets Operations, Trade Support and Equity Brokers, Rest of Africa, Operational Architect and Core Banking Lead: Africa Operations, Head Derivative Processing: Global Market Operations, Corporate and Investment Banking, Head Business Solutions: Financial Market Operations, Corporate and Investment Banking, head process department: service delivery, retail banking, and head of the process and MI: IT, retail banking.

Before joining Standard Bank Group, Swart worked as a factory manager at International Chemical Corporation.

Swart's extensive and diverse background in management and operations make him an expert in financial services and banking technology. Swart's skills and interests revolve around process optimization, automation, data analysis, and business strategy.