André Casterman

Managing Director, Casterman Advisory,

André Casterman is the founder of Casterman Advisory and advises on payments, trade finance and digital asset technologies. André spent 24 years at SWIFT, leading various innovations in the inter-bank payments, corporate treasury, and trade finance markets. During that time, he established an institutional partnership between SWIFT and the ICC and created the first digital trade settlement instrument embedding smart contract capabilities. André is a Board Member at ITFA and chairs the trade industry’s Fintech Committee with a focus on helping banks digitise trade finance flows and establish the trade asset class as investable for institutional and retail investors. André is a non-executive director at Enigio and Tradeteq, and an advisor to XDC Network.