Greg Swimer

Greg Swimer is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of City Football Group, overseeing the organisation’s technology investment and operations globally.  His career in Information Technology has now spanned more than 20 years, both in the UK and overseas.  During this time, he has held senior IT roles in the Consumer Goods industry, as CTO for Unilever Plc, and the world of Media & Advertising, as CTO for WPP Hogarth Worldwide, the world’s largest advertising production company.  Greg joined CFG in June 2017 to help CFG achieve its ambition of being the most technologically advanced football group in the world.

Greg was born and bred in Manchester and is a life-long City fan, following the Blues passionately since 1977-8.  He now lives in London with his wife, two teenage daughters and a 4-year-old son.  He is a keen long-distance runner, racing regularly as well as being the founder and organiser of the annual East Finchley and Muswell Hill 10k.  Greg graduated from Oxford University in 1994 with a first-class degree in Engineering, Economics and Management.