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10 Shopify partnerships leaders
These ten Shopify partnerships leaders hold director, head of partnerships and vice president roles across strategic, product, payments, retail, agency and regional partnerships at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Shopify from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Antonio Silva
LinkedInExperience: Head of Strategic Partnerships · Shopify
Head of Strategic Partnerships at Shopify since April 2020, where their profile says they direct solutions engineering and business teams on Shopify's most complex product partnerships, including Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and OpenAI. Earlier they were Director of Partnerships, Channels at Shopify (2019–2020) and held partnerships roles at Square from 2014 to 2019.
Aoife Dowling
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Agency Group Partnerships · Shopify
Head of Global Agency Group Partnerships at Shopify since January 2024. Earlier at Shopify they were Head of Agency & Tech Partnerships, EMEA (2021–2024) and Head of Service Partnerships, Shopify Plus, EMEA (2020–2021). Before Shopify they were Director, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development at WPP (2016–2019). Their profile says the region they helped build at Shopify grew from $100M to over $2B.
Apsara Chidambaram
LinkedInExperience: Head of Partnerships EMEA · Shopify
Head of Partnerships EMEA at Shopify since March 2026. Earlier at Shopify they were Head of Alliances EMEA (2024–2026), working with global and regional systems integrators, ISV partners and private equity firms, and Head of Partnerships India (2022–2024). Before Shopify they worked in Partnerships India South Asia at Adobe (2016–2021).
Atlee Clark
LinkedInExperience: VP, Partnerships · Shopify
VP, Partnerships at Shopify since January 2021. Their profile also lists VP, Product Partnerships (2025–2026), VP, Commercial Initiatives (2024–2025), VP, Operations, Talent (2023–2024) and Director, Operations, Shop (2020–2023) at Shopify, and describes an earlier role as Director of App and Partner Platform working with development, design and service partners.
Bharati B.
LinkedInExperience: Director, North America Partnerships · Shopify
Director, North America Partnerships at Shopify since October 2025, and Head, Global Partnerships, B2B there from May 2025 to March 2026. Earlier at Shopify they were Country Head and Director, India and South East Asia (2022–2025) and Country Head and Director, India (2021–2025). Before Shopify they were Senior Vice President, Digital Commerce at Future Group India (2019–2021).
Ernest Chi
LinkedInExperience: Director, Partnerships · Shopify
Director, Partnerships at Shopify since February 2026, after Director, Operations, Office of the COO there (2025–2026). Before Shopify they were Senior Director, Product Acceleration (2023–2025), General Manager, Passage by 1Password (2023–2024) and Senior Director, Corporate Development (2022–2023) at 1Password. Their profile cites partnerships and M&A for software businesses.
Jamie Corry
LinkedInExperience: Head of Retail Partnerships, Europe · Shopify
Head of Retail Partnerships, Europe at Shopify since April 2025, a Head-level role in sales. Before Shopify they were at Zettle by PayPal as Head of Local Partnerships Europe (2022–2025), a Director-level role, UK Local Partnerships Lead (2020–2022) and Partnerships Manager (2019–2020).
Jeff Kennedy
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product Partnerships - App Ecosystem · Shopify
Head of Product Partnerships - App Ecosystem at Shopify since August 2025. Earlier at Shopify they worked in Corporate Development (2025) and Shopify Ventures (2022–2025), were Head of Partnerships - Payments and Risk (2019–2022), and worked in Product Partnerships - Financial Solutions (2017–2019) and Strategic Partnerships (2016–2017).
Stephen Liset
LinkedInExperience: Head of Retail Partnerships · Shopify
Head of Retail Partnerships at Shopify since April 2020. Before Shopify they were Senior Director Of Strategic Partnerships at OpenTable (2017–2020), Director of Strategic Partnerships at NCR Corporation (2011–2016) and Senior Manager at Radiant Systems Inc. (1998–2011). Their profile cites over 20 years in retail technology.
Sundeep B.
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Product Partnerships - Payments and Financial Services · Shopify
Director, Global Product Partnerships - Payments and Financial Services at Shopify since October 2025, after Head of Global Product Partnerships - Payments (2023–2025) and Product Partnerships (2022–2023) at Shopify. Before Shopify they were Director, Product Management, Retail Payments & Unsecured Lending (2018–2022) and Director, Product & Loyalty Partnerships, Retail Payments (2016–2018) at Scotiabank.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's partner type to your question, since large technology platforms, app developers, payment providers, agencies and retail partners each involve different terms and teams. Check their region, because partnerships in Europe, India and North America can follow different priorities.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a commerce platform decide which technology and payment partners to integrate with first?
- 02What does an agency or app partner need from the platform to keep investing in the relationship?
- 03How do partnerships teams work with product and engineering on a flagship partner launch?
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