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10 PayPal partnerships leaders
These ten PayPal partnerships leaders have held director and senior director roles in global partnerships, strategic partnerships and business development at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at PayPal from people who have held the role.
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01—10David Geddes
LinkedInExperience: Director - Payments Markets and Partnerships · PayPal
Director - Payments Markets and Partnerships at PayPal since April 2021, where their profile says they lead European payments markets and partnerships and manage large strategic global partners for card acquiring, payment processing and technology solutions. Earlier at PayPal they were Senior Manager, Payments Product and Engineering - International (2016–2021).
Divyesh Juvariwala
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Bank Strategic Partnerships, Payments · PayPal
Director Global Bank Strategic Partnerships, Payments at PayPal since January 2019. Their profile describes owning the full partnership lifecycle for alliances across fintech, payments and banking. Before PayPal they were Head of Business Development at Unison (2018–2019) and Director Strategic Business Development at Netspend (2016–2018).
Gorka Sanchez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnerships · PayPal
Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnerships at PayPal since November 2024, and Sr. Director B2B Financial Services for Large Enterprise since January 2026. Earlier at PayPal they were Director, Strategic Partnerships (2020–2024) and Sr. Manager, Global Partnerships (2013–2020). Their profile cites more than two decades at PayPal.
Hayden Stewart
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Business Development & Partnerships | Head of Global Retail · PayPal
Senior Director, Business Development & Partnerships | Head of Global Retail at PayPal since August 2025, after Director, Global Business Development roles at PayPal from 2021 to 2025. Their profile says they lead global commercial strategy and partnerships with large platforms and retailers. Earlier they were Head of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships | Business Payments at Amazon (2018–2020).
John von Karstedt
LinkedInExperience: Director Partnerships DEATCH · PayPal
Director Partnerships DEATCH at PayPal since March 2023, a role the profile lists in Sales at Director level, after serving as Head of Partnerships DEATCH (2020–2023) and Head of Cart Partnerships DEATCH (2019–2021) at PayPal. Earlier at PayPal they were Senior Manager Partner Business Development (2016–2019) and Manager Partner Business Development (2013–2016).
Julian Hua
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Network Partner Development · PayPal
Senior Director - Network Partner Development at PayPal since August 2023; their headline describes them as Head of Global Network Partnerships at PayPal. Before PayPal they led Payments Partnerships / Alternative Payments and New Product Enablement at Block (2018–2022) and were Head of Global Payment Acceptance at Apple (2015–2017).
Michele Simone
LinkedInExperience: Director of Partnerships, Southern Europe · PayPal
Director of Partnerships, Southern Europe at PayPal since September 2019, after serving as Head of Partners and SMB, Italy at PayPal (2018–2019); their headline also lists DACH. Before PayPal they were Head of B2C Marketing at Agos Ducato (2016–2018) and held merchant and retail strategy roles at eBay for Business in Italy.
Rachel Campagnolo
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Partnerships · PayPal
Director, Global Partnerships at PayPal since January 2015, where their profile says they manage global strategic partners that integrate on behalf of merchants, including e-commerce platforms, software providers, digital agencies and payment gateways. Before that they were Head of Market Development, West Region at PayPal (2014) and held relationship roles at Citibank.
Ricky Ranjan
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Partnerships - Digital Platforms · PayPal
Director, Global Partnerships - Digital Platforms at PayPal since January 2020; their headline describes them as Global Head of Platform Partnerships at PayPal. Before PayPal they worked in Apple Pay Business Development & Partnerships at Apple (2016–2020) and were Vice President, Digital Wallet Solutions at Mastercard (2015–2016).
Sandy Mannik
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of Global BD and Strategic Partnerships, Professional Services · PayPal
Director, Head of Global BD and Strategic Partnerships, Professional Services at PayPal since February 2018, and Director, Head of Retail Integrations, NA Professional Services there since 2016. Earlier at PayPal they were Sr Manager, In-Store Integrations (2014–2016), and before that Director, Solution Sales at Tolt Solutions and Kyrus Solutions.
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Match the person's partner type to your question, since platforms, retailers, banks, card networks and regional partners each involve different terms and integration work. Check how long they have held the role and their region, because European and US partnerships can follow different priorities.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a payments company decide which platforms and partners to integrate with first?
- 02What does a partner integration need to deliver for both sides to keep investing in it?
- 03How do partnerships teams work with product and sales on a large platform deal?
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