 | Joseph W. Saunders
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerJoseph W. Saunders
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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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| John Partridge
PresidentJohn Partridge
President
John Partridge is the president of Visa Inc. In this role, Partridge oversees all client, marketing and product functions globally, ensuring Visa continues to effectively and efficiently accelerate growth across key product categories and geographies around the world. Prior to being named president, Partridge served as chief operating officer and led efforts to transform Visa from a membership association owned by financial institutions into a global, publicly traded company.
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| Byron H. Pollitt
Chief Financial OfficerByron H. Pollitt
Chief Financial Officer
Byron H. Pollitt is the chief financial officer of Visa Inc., responsible for developing Visa Inc.'s financial plan and for financial reporting, including compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory requirements.
Prior to joining Visa Inc., he most recently worked at Gap Inc. (a global specialty retailer) from January 2003 until September 2007 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining Gap Inc., he worked at The Walt Disney Company (a diversifie... |
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| Elizabeth Buse
Global Head of ProductElizabeth Buse
Global Head of Product
Elizabeth Buse is the global head of product for Visa Inc., with responsibility for all aspects of product strategy and development in consumer and business products, as well as platform development and commercial information management. She also oversees processing products such as Debit Processing Services (DPS) and driving the growth of these services worldwide. She is accountable for the global interoperability of Visa’s products and services; developing new channel solutions and technology ... |
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| Jack Carsky
Head of Global Investor RelationsJack Carsky
Head of Global Investor Relations
Jack Carsky is the head of global investor relations for Visa Inc., with responsibility for communications with the investment community, including quarterly earnings reports and managing relationships with both sell-side research analysts and buy-side institutional investors.
Carsky has very strong experience in the Investor Relations function. From 1998 until he joined Visa in August 2007, he held leadership roles in Investor Relations at Providian Financial and subsequently Wash... |
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| Michael L. Dreyer
Chief Information OfficerMichael L. Dreyer
Chief Information Officer
Michael L. Dreyer is the chief information officer (CIO) of Visa Inc. and is responsible for Visa Inc.’s systems and technology platforms and for supporting the business demands of the company. This includes developing Visa’s global technology and open systems as well as providing transaction services and project management for all technology-related programs.
Previously, Dreyer was CIO of Inovant, where he oversaw the development and management of Visa’s global systems technology. ... |
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| Eduardo Eraña
LAC Regional PresidentEduardo Eraña
LAC Regional President
Eduardo Eraña has been president of the Latin America and Caribbean region since February 2002.
Eraña joined Visa in 1984 as executive vice president and became president of Visa Mexico in 1997.
Eraña's professional career in the banking industry spans more than two decades. For 17 years he held various positions at the Mexican bank Bancomer, including senior vice president in charge of the Corporate Division and executive vice president and director of Credit Card Oper... |
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| Josh Floum
General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryJosh Floum
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Josh Floum serves as the general counsel and corporate secretary of Visa Inc. He has primary responsibility for advising Visa Inc.’s management and board of directors on legal matters. This includes overseeing litigation and competitive legal issues; corporate governance issues; global government relations; and regulatory matters. Floum serves on Visa Inc.’s executive management committee and reports to Visa Inc.’s chief executive officer.
Previously, Floum was executive vice presi... |
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| Keith Hunter
Global Head of OperationsKeith Hunter
Global Head of Operations
Keith Hunter is the global head of operations for Visa Inc., a role that includes responsibility for ensuring the reliability and availability of VisaNet and proportionate reliability and availability for non-critical services dependent upon the business. Hunter is accountable for operating all technology platforms and networks across the global enterprise; optimizing capital and operational expenses; and continuing the organizational strategic imperatives of reliability, security, flexibility a... |
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| Oliver Jenkyn
Global Head of Strategy and Corporate DevelopmentOliver Jenkyn
Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development
Oliver Jenkyn joined Visa Inc. as Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development in August 2009. In this role, Jenkyn is responsible for Global Interchange and Pricing as well as developing and managing the company’s corporate strategy across the 200 countries and territories where Visa Inc. does business.
Previously, Jenkyn was a partner in McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office and a leader of the firm’s North American Retail Banking Practice and Global Payments Practice.... |
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| Rupert Keeley
Group President, Asia Pacific and CEMEA RegionsRupert Keeley
Group President, Asia Pacific and CEMEA Regions
Rupert Keeley is the Group President of the Asia Pacific and CEMEA regions for Visa Inc., with responsibility for global sales and client service functions across these regions. Rupert is also responsible for Visa’s global processing business and Visa Inc’s relationship with Visa Europe.
Previously, he was the Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development from September 2008 to July 2009, setting Visa Inc.’s global corporate strategy and leading strategic merger and acquisiti... |
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| David Lee
Regional President of Asia PacificDavid Lee
Regional President of Asia Pacific
David Lee was appointed President of the Asia Pacific region in October 2008. In this role, David oversees regional strategy and development and is responsible for leading Visa's businesses in 36 widely diverse markets, stretching from Japan to New Zealand and across the region to India.
Lee joined Visa in 1985 from international accounting firm Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. He has held a number of roles within Visa, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer since 2007. A... |
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| Rick Leweke
Global Head of Human ResourcesRick Leweke
Global Head of Human Resources
Rick Leweke is global head of human resources for Visa Inc. In this role, Leweke is responsible for managing all human resources functions in the organization, including talent management, staffing, compensation and employee relations, as well as developing effective retention, diversity and performance management strategies.
Prior to joining Visa in June 2007, Leweke was vice chairman and chief human resources officer at Providian, where he was in charge of corporate-wide human re... |
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| Antonio Lucio
Chief Marketing OfficerAntonio Lucio
Chief Marketing Officer
Antonio Lucio is the chief marketing officer and will direct all branding and marketing activities for Visa Inc.
Lucio has more than 25 years of global marketing and brand management experience, earned at some of the world's most successful consumer packaged goods companies including PepsiCo, Kraft General Foods, RJR Foods International and Procter & Gamble. Most recently he was chief innovation and health and wellness (H&W) officer for PepsiCo.
Lucio earned a bachelo... |
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| Marc Luet
President, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and AfricaMarc Luet
President, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Marc Luet is president of Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) for Visa Inc. He is responsible for continuing to grow Visa Inc.'s business throughout the region, overseeing strategy and development.
Luet has 20 years of international banking and payments experience with a strong focus on client service and strategic business development. He joined Visa from Fortis Group, a banking and insurance company based in Brussels, Belgium. At Fortis, he served as a member of... |
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| Tom M'Guinness
Chief Corporate CounselTom M'Guinness
Chief Corporate Counsel
Tom M'Guinness is the chief corporate counsel of Visa Inc. He is responsible for all of the company's transactional and corporate legal affairs, including SEC compliance, M&A activity, intellectual property portfolio management, commercial contracts, product development, network operations, marketing and sponsorships.
Previously, M'Guinness was general counsel and corporate secretary for Visa International, where he was responsible for developing and executing global and corporate l... |
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| Doug Michelman
Global Head of Corporate RelationsDoug Michelman
Global Head of Corporate Relations
Doug Michelman leads the global corporate relations function for Visa Inc. and oversees all corporate relations activities at Visa Inc., including global media relations, industry analyst relations, public affairs, issues management and stakeholder communications to financial institution partners, merchants and employees. He is responsible for developing and executing communication programs that support Visa Inc.'s brand, marketing, product and technology strategies as well as supporting executi... |
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| Ellen Richey
Chief Enterprise Risk OfficerEllen Richey
Chief Enterprise Risk Officer
Ellen Richey joined Visa Inc. as the global head of Enterprise Risk in September 2007.
Prior to joining Visa Inc., she most recently worked at Washington Mutual Inc., as senior vice president of enterprise risk management and executive vice president of cards services, from October 2005 to June 2006. From October 1999 to October 2005, she served as vice chairman of Providian Financial Corporation. At Providian, she also served as the vice chairman of enterprise risk management and c... |
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| William M. Sheedy
Group President, The AmericasWilliam M. Sheedy
Group President, The Americas
As group president for The Americas, Bill Sheedy oversees the company’s client relationships with card issuers, merchants, merchant acquirers, and third-party processors in North America, Central America, South America and the Carribean.
More recently, Sheedy served as president of North America and global head of corporate strategy and business development. Prior to his leadership role in Visa’s corporate restructure and successful Initial Public Offering in 2007, he has been re... |
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| Una Somerville
Global Head of Customer ServiceUna Somerville
Global Head of Customer Service
Una Somerville is the global head of customer service and implementation for Visa Inc. In this role, she leads client service, customer implementation services, franchise management and Visa Customer Care Services.
Somerville oversees global support, with a local market focus, to Visa Inc. stakeholders around the world, including financial institutions, merchants, processors and cardholders. This includes managing Visa's contact center operations, which offer a variety of global an... |
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| Tim Wilson
Head of Canada RegionTim Wilson
Head of Canada Region
Tim Wilson is the head of Visa’s Canada region. Wilson joined Visa two years ago as Canada’s senior vice president, Strategy, Finance and Administration. In this role, he was active in shaping the Canada region’s strategic direction as part of an ongoing and focused evaluation of Visa’s operations, structure, governance and business strategy. More recently, Wilson was appointed head of Sales, which allowed him to focus on strengthening key business relationships. He brings an excellent knowledge... |
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