This statement is made pursuant to Section 54(1) of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and sets out the steps GFT Financial Ltd. has taken and continues to take to ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking are not taking place within our business or supply chain.
At GFT we are fully committed to respecting Human Rights, including fundamental labour rights and international labour standards as set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. This statement, as well as our Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct, underlines our commitment to ensuring modern slavery does not take place anywhere in and around our organisation.
GFT Financial Ltd is part of GFT Group. The ultimate parent company, GFT Technologies SE, is registered in Germany. We operate in twenty markets, have seven near and offshore locations and a global team of 12,000. GFT Group affiliates are located in Europe, APAC as well as in North and South America. All countries where GFT Group employees are present are signatories to the General Declaration of Human Rights as well as to the Labour Standards of the International Labour Organization.
GFT Financial Ltd provides services requiring highly skilled personnel, mainly to clients in the financial industry, and has minimal or no current operations existing in countries with a high prevalence of modern slavery according to the Global Slavery Index.
Nevertheless, our contracts explicitly require all employees and contractors to comply with their countries’ applicable laws which includes the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. Currently we do not audit compliance with these requirements but where possible, we are building long standing relationships with suppliers and contractors who understand and will comply with our culture and expected behaviours. The decisions of GFT Group’s Procurement Department are built on this when choosing suppliers and contractors.
Whilst our culture is such that we encourage staff to raise concerns openly, we also have a formal channel in place which is designed to make it easy for staff to make disclosures based on our Whistleblowing Directive supplemented by local grievance policies which further demonstrate our commitment to eradicate any forms of Modern Slavery. We will continue to review our contracts and procurement processes periodically to ensure that our zero tolerance policy towards modern slavery is upheld.
This statement was approved by the Board of Directors of GFT Financial Ltd on 1 May 2025.
Chris Ortiz
Managing Director, London Head of Financial Services, Atlantic
Joan Carles Fonoll
COO, Member of the Executive Board
