Nicolas Benady

CEO & cofounder at Swan

Nicolas Benady has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Nicolas is currently the CEO and co-founder of Swan, a company that enables the embedding of banking features into products. Nicolas established Swan in 2019 with the start-up studio eFounders and secured an e-money license for delivering banking features in Europe. Prior to Swan, Nicolas co-founded Antelop Solutions in 2014, a company that connects banks and card issuers to Visa and Mastercard Tokenization systems. Nicolas served as the president of Limonetik from 2007 to 2012, where they connected alternative payment methods to e-commerce websites. Before that, they worked as an IT project manager at AXA Cessions from 2003 to 2006, managing the F@C Service project. Nicolas also had a role as a team member at Endless Winter in 2002, where they engaged in a snowboarding trip around the world. Lastly, they co-founded PriceMinister in 2000 and worked as a Java developer.

Nicolas Benady pursued their education with a focus on engineering and management. Nicolas attended the National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble from 1999 to 2000, where they earned a degree in Computer Science. Prior to that, from 1996 to 1999, Nicolas studied at ENSGI, obtaining an engineering degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.

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  • CEO & cofounder

    January, 2019 - present