Tod Burwell is the President & Chief Executive Officer of BAFT. He is responsible for leading the association in its mission to provide thought leadership, best practices, advocacy, education and training, and a common industry voice for the global transaction banking community. Mr. Burwell has over 35 years of trade, supply chain and cash management experience as a banking practitioner, and a consultant to global corporations and suppliers of strategically integrated international trade solutions.

Prior to joining BAFT, Mr. Burwell was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and held senior global management roles responsible for trade operations, launching the logistics business and managing global product sales for trade finance and logistics management. He began his career at Bankers Trust NY (subsequently Deutsche Bank), in various trade, cash and e-commerce roles, including the development of FI outsourcing, internet-based solutions, and B2B market exchanges. Mr. Burwell has both undergraduate and master’s degrees from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the board of the University of Washington Global Bankers Program. He was also a graduate Assistant Instructor at the Dale Carnegie Institute for Effective Public Speaking and Human Relations.