 | Joseph W. Saunders (Chairman)
(Class II)
Chairman and CEO
Visa Inc.Joseph W. Saunders (Chairman)
(Class II)
Chairman and CEO
Joseph W. Saunders was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. in May 2007 after having been designated Executive Chairman in February 2007. Prior to this role, he served Visa International as Executive Chairman of the transition governance committee and officially began serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. upon its formation in May 2007. Prior to joining Visa International, he served as President of Card Services for Washington Mutual, Inc. since the acqu... |
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| Hani Al-Qadi
(Class I)
General Manager and CEO
Arab Jordan Investment BankHani Al-Qadi
(Class I)
General Manager and CEO
Hani Al-Qadi has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Al-Qadi is General Manager, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Arab Jordan Investment Bank. Previously, he was General Manager and Vice Chairman of the Bank from February 1997 to April 2008. He also currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of our affiliate, Visa Jordan Card Services Limited Co.; and as a director of Salam International Investment Limited, a Middle East conglomerate with diversified op... |
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| Thomas Campbell
(Class II)
Bank of America Dean and Professor of Business
Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at BerkeleyThomas Campbell
(Class II)
Bank of America Dean and Professor of Business
Thomas Campbell has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Campbell is a Professor of Business at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley. He served as Bank of America Dean of the Haas School from August 2002 to December 2004, and from December 2005 to June 2008. He was Director of the California Department of Finance from December 2004 to November 2005 and a Professor at Stanford Law School from September 1987 to August 2002. Mr. Campbell current... |
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| Gary Coughlan
(Class II)
Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance
Abbott LaboratoriesGary Coughlan
(Class II)
Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance
Gary Coughlan has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Coughlan was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of Abbott Laboratories from May 1990 to March 2001. Mr. Coughlan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from St. Mary’s College, a Masters degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Business Administration degree from Wayne State University.... |
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| Mary B. Cranston
(Class II)
Firm Senior Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPMary B. Cranston
(Class II)
Firm Senior Partner
Mary B. Cranston has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Ms. Cranston is currently the Firm Senior Partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, an international law firm. She was the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Pillsbury from January 1999 until April 2006, and continued to serve as Chair of Pillsbury until December 2006. She currently serves as a director of GrafTech International, Ltd., a manufacturer of carbon and graphite products. Ms. Cranston holds an A.B. degr... |
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| Charles T. Doyle
(Class I)
Chairman, Texas First Bank
Chairman, Texas Independent Bancshares, Inc.Charles T. Doyle
(Class I)
Chairman, Texas First Bank
Charles T. Doyle has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Doyle served as a director of Visa U.S.A. from October 1990 to October 2007, a director of Visa International from December 2000 to October 2007 and Chairman of the board of directors of Inovant from September 2007, where he was a director from November 2000 until October 2007. Mr. Doyle has served as Chairman of the board of directors of Texas First Bank, an independent community bank, since October 1972 and Chairma... |
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| Francisco Javier Fernandez-Carbajal
(Class II)
Former Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Development Division
Grupo Financiero BBVA BancomerFrancisco Javier Fernandez-Carbajal
(Class II)
Former Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Development Division
Francisco Javier Fernandez-Carbajal has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Fernandez-Carbajal has been a consultant for public and private investment transactions and a wealth management advisor since January 2002. From July 2000 to January 2002, Mr. Fernandez-Carbajal served as Chief Executive Officer of the Corporate Development Division of Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, a financial institution in Mexico. Prior to this role, he served in other senior executive positions... |
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| Peter Hawkins
(Class I)
Former Group Managing Director, Group Strategic Development
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group LimitedPeter Hawkins
(Class I)
Former Group Managing Director, Group Strategic Development
Peter Hawkins has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Hawkins served as a director of Visa International from October 2001 to October 2007 and a director of Inovant from November 2001 to February 2005 and from October 2005 to April 2006. Mr. Hawkins served in positions of increasing responsibility with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited since joining in December 1971, most recently as Group Managing Director, Group Strategic Development from April 2002 to his r... |
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| Suzanne Nora Johnson
(Class II)
Former Vice Chairman
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.Suzanne Nora Johnson
(Class II)
Former Vice Chairman
Suzanne Nora Johnson has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Ms. Nora Johnson was a Vice Chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from November 2004 to January 2007. Prior to this role, she served in several senior management positions at Goldman Sachs since joining in December 1985, including as head of the Global Investment Research Division from February 2002 to January 2007, as Chairman of the Global Markets Institute from November 2004 to January 2007 and as a member of t... |
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| Robert W. Matschullat
(Class III)
Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Seagram Company LimitedRobert W. Matschullat
(Class III)
Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Robert W. Matschullat has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Matschullat is a private equity investor. He served as the interim Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer of The Clorox Company from March 2006 to October 2006. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the board of directors and as Chief Financial Officer of the Seagram Company Limited, a global company with entertainment and beverage operations, from 1995 until 2000. Previously, he was head of worldwide inve... |
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| David I. McKay
(Class I)
Group Head, Canadian Banking
Royal Bank of CanadaDavid I. McKay
(Class I)
Group Head, Canadian Banking
David I. McKay has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. McKay is Group Head of Canadian Banking, Royal Bank of Canada. Previously, he served as the Chairman of Visa Canada from May 2006 to October 2007, a director of Visa Canada from March 2005 to October 2007, and a director of Visa International from April 2007 to October 2007. Mr. McKay was also the Executive Vice President of Personal Financial Services at Royal Bank of Canada from October 2006 to April 2008. Prior to th... |
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| Cathy Elizabeth Minehan
(Class III)
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of BostonCathy Elizabeth Minehan
(Class III)
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Cathy Elizabeth Minehan has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Ms. Minehan retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in July 2007 after serving 39 years with the Federal Reserve System, including most recently as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from July 1994 to July 2007, a member of the Federal Open Market Committee from July 1994 to July 2007 and First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Federal Reserve Ban... |
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| David J. Pang
(Class III)
Former Chief Executive Officer
Airport Authority of Hong KongDavid J. Pang
(Class III)
Former Chief Executive Officer
David J. Pang has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Pang has been an adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business Administration of The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2002 and the Faculty of Business of City University of Hong Kong since 2004. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong from January 2001 to February 2007. He was Corporate Vice President of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company and the Chairman of DuPont Greater China fro... |
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| Charles W. Scharf
(Class I)
Chief Executive Officer, Retail Financial Services
JPMorgan Chase & Co.Charles W. Scharf
(Class I)
Chief Executive Officer, Retail Financial Services
Charles W. Scharf has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Scharf served as a director of Visa U.S.A. from May 2003 to October 2007. Mr. Scharf has served as Chief Executive Officer of Retail Financial Services at JPMorgan Chase & Co. since July 2004 and Chief Executive Officer of the retail division of Bank One Corporation from May 2002 to July 2004. Prior to this, he was Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President at Bank One Corporation from 2000 to 2002, Chief Finan... |
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| Segismundo Schulin-Zeuthen
(Class I)
Former President, CEO and Chairman
Banco de ChileSegismundo Schulin-Zeuthen
(Class I)
Former President, CEO and Chairman
Segismundo Schulin-Zeuthen has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Schulin-Zeuthen served as a director of Visa International from July 2003 to October 2007 and as a director of Inovant from February 2004 to October 2007. Mr. Schulin-Zeuthen served as a member of the board of directors of Banco de Chile from May 1999 to March 2007 and was Chairman of the board of directors from May 1999 to March 2004. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Banco de Chil... |
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| William Shanahan
(Class III)
Former President
Colgate Palmolive CompanyWilliam Shanahan
(Class III)
Former President
William Shanahan has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Shanahan was the President of Colgate-Palmolive Company from 1992 to September 2005. He is currently on the board of directors and audit committee of Diageo PLC, a premium drinks business with a collection of international brands. He is a director of Life Technologies Corporation, a global biotechnology tools company and MSD Performance Group, a privately held U.S. company. He is also a Management Advisor to Value Ac... |
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| John A. Swainson (Lead Independent Director)
(Class III)
Chief Executive Officer
CA, Inc.John A. Swainson (Lead Independent Director)
(Class III)
Chief Executive Officer
John A. Swainson has served as a director of Visa Inc. since October 2007. Mr. Swainson served as a director of Visa U.S.A. from April 2006 to October 2007. Since February 2005, Mr. Swainson has served as Chief Executive Officer of CA, Inc., an information technology management software company, and he has served as President and a director of the company since November 2004. Prior to his joining CA Inc., Mr. Swainson served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales for IBM’s Software Group from July... |
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It is the policy of Visa Inc. to facilitate communications by security holders and other interested parties with the Board of Directors. Stockholders and other interested parties may send communications in writing to any or all members of the Board (including the Lead Director, the Chairman, any Board committee, or the non-management directors as a group) by mail or electronically. All such correspondence can be sent to the director(s) or a committee by e-mail to Board@visa.com or by mail c/o General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, P.O. Box 8999, San Francisco, CA 94128. The General Counsel and Secretary will forward these communications directly to the director(s) specified or, if none is specified, to the Chairman of the Board. All communications must be accompanied by the address, telephone number and e-mail address, if any, of the person submitting the communication. Interested parties must state the nature of their interest in Visa. In addition, interested parties who are not security holders must state their special interest in the subject matter of the communication.
Communications that are not appropriate for delivery to the Board of Directors will not be delivered, including:
- communications that do not conform to the above procedural requirements;
- communications regarding individual grievances or other interests that are personal to the party submitting the communication and could not reasonably be construed to be of concern to security holders or other constituencies of Visa Inc. generally;
- communications that advocate Visa Inc.'s engaging in illegal activities;
- communications that, under community standards, contain offensive, scurrilous or abusive content; and
- communications that have no rational relevance to the business or operations of Visa Inc.
Communications that constitute a "stockholder proposal" will be addressed pursuant to the procedures set forth in Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and/or under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, and must comply with the procedures set forth in Rule 14a-8 and our organizational documents.
In addition, communications involving (1) accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters, (2) possible violations of, or non-compliance with, applicable legal and regulatory requirements, (3) possible violations of Visa Inc.'s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or (4) retaliatory acts against anyone who makes such a complaint or assists in the investigation of such a complaint may be reported through Visa's Confidential Hotline (1-888-289-9322), or by mail at the following address:
Visa Inc.
Business Conduct Office
PO Box 8999
San Francisco, CA 94128
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Visa Inc.'s acceptance and forwarding of communications to directors does not imply that the directors owe or assume any special or additional duties to persons submitting the communications, the duties of the directors being only those prescribed by applicable law.
