10 Global Payments executives
From CEO Cameron Bready and CFO Josh Whipple to the global CTO and the CEOs over Oceania and South America, nine of these ten Global Payments executives hold current titles, while Konrad Kelling's UK & Ireland title ended in 2026. Payments technology and product roadmaps, how a payments business differs across Oceania, Brazil and the UK, and treasury and capital decisions are the topics their titles cover.
Professionals to explore
Cameron Bready
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Cameron Bready has been Chief Executive Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2024, also holding President and CEO since 2023. Earlier Global Payments titles include Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2014–2017), Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (2017–2019) and President and Chief Operating Officer (2019–2023), so Bready can speak to both the finance and operating sides of the company.
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David Duncan
LinkedInExperience: EVP - Chief Product Officer · Global Payments Inc.
David Duncan has been EVP - Chief Product Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2019, with teams that deliver payment solutions to merchants. Earlier titles include Group Executive - Managing Director at TSYS Brazil (2011–2013), COO (2013–2014) and President (2014–2019) at ProPay, and SVP - Head of Product at TSYS Merchant Solutions (2019), a fit for merchant product questions.
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John Horne, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Treasurer · Global Payments Inc.
Treasury questions go to John Horne, CFA, Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Global Payments Inc. since 2021, who has also held Vice President Finance and Treasurer at Global Payments, Inc. since 2015. Earlier titles include Treasury and Corporate Finance at Home Depot, Inc (2005–2015), Financial Controller at Symbol Technologies (2004–2005) and Director Of Finance and Corp Dev at Hitachi (2000–2004), a fit for treasury and capital structure questions.
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Josh Whipple
LinkedInExperience: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Since 2022, Josh Whipple has been Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Global Payments Inc. and was Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Risk Officer there from 2015 to 2022. Earlier titles include Director, Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2008–2015) and Vice President, Investment Banking at Corivent (2004–2008), a fit for strategy, risk and deal questions.
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Karim Ben Lachhab
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CEO · Global Payments South America, Brasil - Servicos De Pagamentos
Karim Ben Lachhab's Global Payments South America, Brasil - Servicos De Pagamentos titles are Director Comercial (2018), CFO (2018–2019) and, since 2019, SVP & CEO, based in São Paulo. Earlier titles at CaixaBank were Director de Departamento Inversión Crediticia Internacional (2014–2015) and Chief Representative (2015–2017), a fit for questions on payments in Brazil.
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Konrad Kelling
LinkedInExperience: Former President & Managing Director UK & Ireland · Global Payments Inc.
Konrad Kelling was President & Managing Director UK & Ireland at Global Payments Inc. from 2024 to 2026 and held President & Managing Director UK & Ireland and CEO Malta (subject to regulatory approval) from 2025 to 2026, accountable for the UK&I and Malta payments and technology business. Earlier titles include Managing Director SME Acceptance Barclaycard Payments (2017–2024) and Managing Director, Chief Control Officer - Barclaycard (2014–2017).
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Masseh Haidary
LinkedInExperience: Oceania CEO · Global Payments Inc.
Masseh Haidary has been Oceania CEO at Global Payments Inc. since 2024 and was CEO - Payments, Oceania there from 2022 to 2024. Earlier, Masseh Haidary was Chief Executive Officer at Delv Group (2019–2022) and Director - Federal Government & Vertical Markets at Optus (2016–2019), and cites over 20 years across technology, telecommunications, government relations and financial services.
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Matt Downs
LinkedInExperience: President, Global Payments for Platforms · Global Payments Inc.
President, Global Payments for Platforms at Global Payments Inc. since 2026, Matt Downs describes the role as Group President, Integrated & Platforms and cites over two and a half decades in payments and software. Earlier Worldpay titles include SVP REV OPS AND CHANNEL MANAGEMENT (2010–2013), GM & SVP CHANNEL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATED PAYMENTS (2013–2019) and EVP - Group President -Worldpay for Platforms (2022–2026).
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Nichole Viviani
LinkedInExperience: Chief People, Culture and Change Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Nichole Viviani became Chief People, Culture and Change Officer at Global Payments Inc. in 2026, focused on leadership teams, AI-enabled experiences, organisational design and culture. Earlier titles include Chief People & Culture Officer at Worldpay (2023–2026) and at Prima (2023), Chief People & Marketing Officer at Xplor Technologies (2020–2023) and Senior Vice President People - Worldpay at FIS (2019–2020).
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Ryan Loy
LinkedInExperience: SEVP & Global Chief Technology Officer · Global Payments Inc.
As SEVP & Global Chief Technology Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2024, Ryan Loy is responsible for technology including infrastructure, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and global product engineering. Other titles include Partner at McKinsey & Company (2022–2025), Board Advisor at Stellar Cyber (2020–2022) and Board Member at techbridge (2018–2022, and since 2025).
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Choose the right perspective
Bready and Whipple have both held the Global Payments CFO title, and with treasurer John Horne they are the picks for finance and capital questions. Ryan Loy (infrastructure, cybersecurity and AI) and David Duncan (product) cover the technology side, Nichole Viviani people and organisational design, and Matt Downs, Masseh Haidary, Karim Ben Lachhab and Kelling the platforms, Oceania, Brazil and UK & Ireland businesses.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a payments company decide which products to build once for every country and which to tailor to one market?
- 02What should a software platform expect when it embeds a large payments provider's processing in its own product?
- 03How does a payments company's treasury team manage settlement cash and currency exposure across many countries?
About this directory
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