Payments
10 payment operations experts
These ten professionals have led payment operations at banks and at companies such as Adobe and Amazon, with titles such as head of payment operations, director global payment operations and head of payment and deposit operations. A reader can learn how organizations run the operations behind moving and settling money.
Professionals to explore
01—10Danish Sayed
LinkedInExperience: Vice President-Head of Payment Operations · Barclays
Vice President-Head of Payment Operations at Barclays since March 2021, where the profile describes a role in strategic oversight, governance, resilience planning and overall leadership. Former Assistant Vice President (2018–2021), Team Manager (2013–2017) and Quality Assurance Analyst (2011–2012) at Barclays.
Evon Tan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Payment Operations · GXS Bank
Head of Payment Operations at GXS Bank since August 2021, where the profile describes helping build and design the bank's payment, reconciliation and settlement processes. Former Head of Payment Operations at RHB Singapore (2016–2021), Regional Centre Manager at NETS (2015–2016) and Manager - Global Payments Processing at ANZ (2012–2015).
Graham Garrick
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Global Head of Payment Operations · Barclays
Managing Director, Global Head of Payment Operations at Barclays since April 2020. Former Global Head of Trade and Working Capital Operations (2017–2020), Director, Head of Strategy Optimisation for Sanctions, AML and Court Orders (2015–2017) and Vice President, Head of Cash Management Ops and Billing (2013–2015) at Barclays, and Vice President, Head of Investment Bank Payments EMEA at Barclays Investment Bank (2010–2013).
Izzy Aguilar
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Payment Operations · Adobe
Director Global Payment Operations at Adobe since February 2024. Former Head of Global Payment Operations (2023–2024) and Head of Payment Operations (2021–2023) at Adobe, and Sr. Manager Business Infrastructure Operations (2019–2021) and Manager Business Infrastructure Operations (2016–2019) at PayPal.
Lakshmi Narayanan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Payment Operations · Amazon
Head of Payment Operations at Amazon from February 2022 to June 2026, and Head of Operations at CSB Bank since June 2026. Former Senior Vice President and Head Cards, Assets and Payment Operations (2019–2022), Senior Vice President and Head Wealth Management, Screening and Assets Operations (2017–2019) and Vice President and Head Liability Operations, Transaction Processing (2013–2016) at Citi India.
Nausheen Tabassum
LinkedInExperience: SVP-Head of Payment Operations-Offshore Global Service Centers · HSBC
SVP-Head of Payment Operations-Offshore Global Service Centers at HSBC from January 2016 to May 2017, and Head of Payment Services Utility ( India ) at Commonwealth Bank since January 2022. Also former Senior Vice President- Risk and Administration for Commercial Banking Operations at HSBC (2015–2016) and Senior Business Program Manager at Microsoft (2019–2021).
Priyadarshini Pandian
LinkedInExperience: Head of 3P Payment Operations · Amazon
Head of 3P Payment Operations at Amazon since October 2024. Former Manager, Shop with Points, North America (2023–2024), Senior Program Manager - Amazon Payment Products (2022–2023) and Program Manager - Amazon Payment Products (2020–2022) at Amazon, and Technical Business Analyst - Product Management at QuoteMedia, Inc. (2018–2020).
Sandra Luciano
LinkedInExperience: Head of Payment Operations International · SEB Kort Germany, Branch of SEB Kort Bank AB
Head of Payment Operations International at SEB Kort Germany, Branch of SEB Kort Bank AB since August 2026, with Head of Payment Operations at SEB also listed from the same month. The profile says the role covers accounts receivable and payments across Germany and Sweden. Former Associate Director Customer Accounting (2023–2026) and Accounting & Collection DACH (2020–2023) at AirPlus.
Valerie Hoffmann
LinkedInExperience: Head of Payment and Deposit Operations · Western Alliance Bank
Head of Payment and Deposit Operations at Western Alliance Bank since April 2024. Former Senior Vice President, Payment Operations Director at Western Alliance Bank (2017–2024), and Head of Global Card, Merchant Services and Emerging Payment Operations (2014–2017) and Head of Global Payment Services (2008–2014) at SVB.
Yildirim Kalkan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Payment System Operations · Şekerbank T.A.Ş.
Head of Payment System Operations at Şekerbank T.A.Ş. since December 2022, a role the profile places at head level in the bank's operations department. Former Direktör at Param (2021–2022), Genel Müdür at Batech Technology (2021), Manager at Sekerbank (2006–2021) and Authorized at Oyak Bank (2003–2006).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's type of employer to your question, since payment operations at a bank that clears and settles payments for customers differs from payment operations at a company that collects from buyers or pays out to sellers. Also consider the regions and payment rails you work with, and whether you need someone who sets strategy or someone closer to daily processing and reconciliation.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure daily reconciliation so breaks are found and resolved before they affect customers or the books?
- 02Which payment operations work do you keep in-house, and which do you hand to banks or processors?
- 03What metrics do you use to tell whether payment operations are healthy as volume grows?
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