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10 payments fraud prevention experts
These ten professionals have led or managed fraud prevention, fraud strategy and fraud detection for card and payment products. A reader can learn from them how fraud teams design detection rules and models, balance fraud losses against customer friction and handle disputes and chargebacks.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Wood
LinkedInExperience: Director & Head of North America Cards Fraud Prevention · Citi
Director & Head of North America Cards Fraud Prevention at Citi from 2018 to 2025, after serving as Senior Vice President, Fraud Prevention there (2014–2018); the profile lists Managing Director at Citi since December 2024. It describes enterprise-scale responsibility for U.S. consumer banking fraud prevention, including co-branded and private-label credit cards, and a headline covering fraud strategy, loss reduction and authentication modernization.
Ana Gabriela García Loustaunau
LinkedInExperience: Head of Fraud Prevention · Stori
Head of Fraud Prevention at Stori since March 2022; the profile describes Stori as a company that offers credit cards and deposit accounts. Before that, Head Fraud Rappi Pay at Rappi (2019–2022), after a role titled Pagos electrónicos y Fraude en Rappi at Rappi (2017–2019).
Cong Bi
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Head of Fraud Strategy - Merchant Services and Embedded Finance · JPMorganChase
Executive Director, Head of Fraud Strategy - Merchant Services and Embedded Finance at JPMorganChase since January 2025, after serving there as Executive Director, Head of Fraud Strategy - Merchant Services (2023–2024) and Vice President, Fraud Strategy Manager - Merchant Services (2019–2023). Before JPMorganChase, Team Lead, Pricing Development and Sr. Analyst, Revenue Analysis at American Airlines (2018–2019).
DilipKumar Jayakumar
LinkedInExperience: Head of Unit - Cards & E-Channels Fraud Prevention Unit · Bank Muscat
Head of Unit - Cards & E-Channels Fraud Prevention Unit at Bank Muscat since January 2024, after serving as Head -Authorization & fraud at Boubyan Bank from 2015 to 2024. The profile cites 18+ years in payments business fraud risk management, covering portfolios such as cards, merchant acquiring, net banking, ATM and e-commerce.
Humera Yakub
LinkedInExperience: Head of Fraud · Pay.UK
Head of Fraud at Pay.UK since July 2022; the profile describes Pay.UK as the recognised operator and standards body for the UK's interbank payment systems (Bacs, Faster and Image Payment System). Earlier roles include Head of Fraud & Financial Crime Platforms at TSB Bank (2020–2022) and Fraud Technology at Barclays (2015–2016).
Luis Álvarez
LinkedInExperience: Head of Fraud Prevention · Grupo LAFISE
Head of Fraud Prevention at Grupo LAFISE since September 2021, after serving as Business Intelligence Analyst Credit & Collections there (2019–2021). The profile cites 15+ years in the financial and payments industry, with expertise in fraud detection, transaction monitoring, chargeback management and compliance for issuers and acquirers aligned with Visa and Mastercard standards.
Manan Kohli
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Head - Payment Fraud Surveillance & Customer Due Diligence · DBS Bank
Executive Director Head - Payment Fraud Surveillance & Customer Due Diligence at DBS Bank since February 2023, after serving as Head - Payment Fraud and Customer Due Diligence (consumer banking) there from 2019 to 2023. The profile headline adds sanctions screening to the current remit and says the work uses AI/ML and data driven models; earlier roles include Program Manager, Global banking Technology at Standard Chartered (2018–2019).
Matthew Muirhead
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Payment Card Fraud Strategic Initiatives · Bank of America
SVP, Payment Card Fraud Strategic Initiatives at Bank of America since December 2023, after serving there as VP, Payment Card Fraud Optimization Manager (2022–2023) and VP, Payment Card Fraud Strategic Initiatives Analyst (2019–2022). Earlier roles include Operations Analyst Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2015–2018) and Prime Margin Analyst at Credit Suisse (2014–2015).
Sebastian Filip
LinkedInExperience: Head of Cards & Merchants Anti-Fraud · Banca Transilvania
Head of Cards & Merchants Anti-Fraud at Banca Transilvania since April 2025, after roles there as Transaction Monitoring & Dispute Expert (2021–2022 and 2023–2025) and Card Risk & Dispute Analyst (2020–2021). The profile cites over 11 years in the banking and payments ecosystem and describes building frameworks that balance risk mitigation with seamless customer experiences.
Youyan Li
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Head of Credit Card Fraud Detection Analytics · Wells Fargo
Executive Director, Head of Credit Card Fraud Detection Analytics at Wells Fargo since January 2020, after serving there as Senior Manager, Debit Card Detection Analytics (2008–2020). Earlier, Manager, Fraud Detection & Modeling at PayPal (2006–2008); the profile describes enterprise ownership of card portfolios exceeding $100B in monthly spend across consumer and small business segments.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product focus to your problem, since card issuing, merchant acquiring and account-to-account payments face different fraud patterns and controls. Also consider whether you need a strategy and analytics leader or someone who has run day-to-day fraud operations and disputes.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide where to set fraud rule and model thresholds when tighter controls start declining good transactions?
- 02Which data sources and signals made the biggest difference in catching payment fraud early?
- 03How did you measure and report fraud performance to leadership, and which metrics drove decisions?
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