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10 Mastercard corporate development leaders
These ten Mastercard corporate development leaders have held senior director through executive vice president roles in corporate development, M&A and M&A integration at the company. A reader can learn how Mastercard approaches corporate development from people who led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Dimitri Liyanage
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Corporate Development and M&A · Mastercard
Vice President - Corporate Development and M&A at Mastercard since June 2025, with a Director - Corporate Development and M&A row at Mastercard from January 2022; their profile headline calls them Head of Corporate Development in Europe, based in London. They were Group Head of M&A at Banijay Entertainment (2021–2022) and Senior Manager - Transactions Advisory at Alvarez & Marsal (2018–2021).
Evan C. Newkirk
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, M&A Integration · Mastercard
Senior Vice President, M&A Integration at Mastercard since August 2026. At Mastercard they were also Vice President, M&A Integration (2022–2025) and Senior Vice President, Network Services, North America (2025–2026), and before that held vice president roles in sales strategy and renewals in Data & Services (2019–2022).
Gustavo Fano
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Global Head Corporate Development · Mastercard
Senior Vice President, Global Head Corporate Development at Mastercard since August 2022. At Mastercard they were also Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A and Venture Investments (2017–2022) and Head of Strategic Partnerships & M&A - LAC Region (2012–2016). Before Mastercard they held Global Network Services roles at American Express (2008–2012).
Hani Abbasi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Corporate Development and M&A lead for EEMEA · Mastercard
Vice President - Corporate Development and M&A lead for EEMEA at Mastercard since April 2026. Their profile says they lead M&A for Mastercard across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sourcing deals through co-investors and ecosystem partners and leading internal evaluation of investment opportunities. They were TMT lead - Deals Value Creation and Integration at PwC (2024–2026).
Kaushal Doshi
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - M&A · Mastercard
Senior Director - M&A at Mastercard since August 2023, a Director-level role in finance and accounting. Before Mastercard they were Interim Director - M&A Deal Execution at KPMG UK (2022–2023), Senior Director - M&A Consulting at Tata Consultancy Services (2021–2022) and held a Strategy & Corporate Development role at Barclays (2012–2014).
Mason Bai
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Global Head of M&A · Mastercard
Senior Vice President, Global Head of M&A at Mastercard since January 2026, after Corporate Development M&A Vice President at Mastercard (2021–2025). They were Corporate Strategy Senior Director at Nasdaq (2017–2021), and Corporate Development Director (2015–2017) and Corporate Development Manager (2014–2015) at American Express.
Micheal Lyne
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, M&A Integration · Mastercard
Vice President, M&A Integration at Mastercard since June 2026, where their profile says they lead M&A integration across Mastercard's global acquisitions and divestitures, partnering with corporate development, business sponsors and executives. Before Mastercard they held a Corporate Development - M&A Integration role at Block (2022–2026) and were M&A Manager at Deloitte (2021–2022).
Peter Wallace
LinkedInExperience: VP Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments and Strategic Partnerships · Mastercard
VP Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments and Strategic Partnerships at Mastercard since 2019. They were Senior Director Corporate Development & Business Development at PayPal (2015–2018), Executive Director at J.P. Morgan (2005–2015) and VP Corporate Development & Acquisitions at MBNA (2003–2005). Their profile describes work in strategic M&A and investments, corporate finance and new business development.
Tiffany Wan
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development, M&A · Mastercard
Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development, M&A at Mastercard since April 2024, after Head of Corporate Strategy at Mastercard (2023–2024). Before Mastercard they were Managing Director, Global Head of Product Strategy, Global Transaction Services at Bank of America (2019–2023) and Executive Director, Strategy, Payments at JPMorganChase (2015–2019).
Yusra Kayani
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Corporate Development · Mastercard
Vice President Corporate Development at Mastercard since March 2023, based in Purchase, New York. Before Mastercard they were Head of Finance - Education, State & Local Government, World Wide Public Sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2022–2023) and Investment Banking Senior Associate at Goldman Sachs (2018–2020). Their profile lists M&A and due diligence among their skills.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a global corporate development role and a regional role such as Europe or Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa each see different parts of the deal process. Pick someone from M&A integration when your question is about what happens after a deal closes, and someone from a deal team when it is about sourcing and executing transactions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a corporate development team at a payments company split work between global and regional deal teams?
- 02What does M&A integration involve at a large payments company after an acquisition closes?
- 03How do strategy, corporate development and investments teams work together at a global payments company?
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