Fabian Vandenreydt (SWIFT) appointed Executive Chairman fintech platform B-Hive

Copenhagen, Denmark – B-Hive is a collaborative innovation platform in which 13 major financial players (banks, insurers and market infrastructure players – including SWIFT) and the Belgian Government work together on common innovation challenges and build bridges to the global startup and scale-up community.

SWIFT has played a significant role in supporting both the creation of Eggsplore in 2016 and its successor B-Hive in early-2017. Fabian Vandenreydt, Head of Innotribe at SWIFT has been a guiding hand as its Chairman of the Board and will soon move on to be appointed Executive Chairman.

B-Hive, with its HQ in Brussels, has been growing fast and is now developing at both a European and global level with two new offices recently opened in London and Tel Aviv. Other satellite offices are planned in New York and Singapore. To broaden its network even further, B-Hive is currently participating in Money 20/20. Its main goal is to build a European ecosystem that helps organizations deal with the impact of digital technology on the financial system by bringing the expertise and knowledge of different partners together.

Following B-Hive’s evolution, Fabian Vandenreydt will interrupt his current career at SWIFT to make a full-time commitment to B-Hive by becoming its Executive Chairman.

Fabian Vandenreydt: “I’m really excited about my new role in which I’ll drive a strategic vision for B-Hive and help to grow its membership, stakeholder relationships and its reputation”, comments Fabian.” Born, raised, and educated in Belgium, I always wanted to help reinforce the visibility of my country and Continental Europe and promote its talent and expertise at a global level. I’m looking forward to combining this with my passion for technology and innovation”.

Fabian Vandenreydt has helped cement Innotribe’s mission, supporting the FinTech and banking communities to understand each other and acting as a cultural translator for the digital disruption age. Such understanding has become even more critical over the last few years as FinTech, together with Banking and Insurance, have started to think more in terms of partnership. The recognition of Innotribe's collaborative efforts - by both the Institutional Investor and Financial News - has contributed to position Fabian as a great innovator within the FinTech ecosystem and has allowed SWIFT to be positioned as an important player in the push for innovation within the financial services industry.

Fabian Vandenreydt : “First and foremost I am grateful to the SWIFT Executive in helping to make this move possible. I would not have been selected for this position without the exceptional work of the Innotribe team, who have been fantastic in their efforts the last few years – building our reputation as a true tribe of innovators”.

Wim De Waele (CEO, B-Hive): “The strengths of B-Hive are the joined forces and partnerships that lead to innovative solutions. Coming from SWIFT, one of our key shareholders, Fabian has been a driving force behind B-Hive from the start. In his new role as our Executive Chairman, Fabian will be able to work even more closely with us to help our platform grow and develop even further.”