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10 Stripe partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Stripe partnerships leaders have headed payment, platform, financial, alliance and partner program teams at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Stripe from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Amy Brito
LinkedInExperience: Head of Alliances & Channels Partner Development in AMER · Stripe
Head of Alliances & Channels Partner Development in AMER at Stripe since June 2021, where their profile says they lead the Consulting Alliances & Channels Partner Development team. Before Stripe they were Head of US Northeast Partner Sales at Amazon Web Services (AWS) from 2016 to 2021 and held business development and engineering roles at Cisco.
Binoy G.
LinkedInExperience: Global Head, Strategic Alliances · Stripe
Global Head, Strategic Alliances at Stripe since July 2025, where their profile says they are responsible for driving Stripe's growth in enterprise through strategic global SI and ISV partners. Before Stripe they were VP, Global Partner GTM (2022–2025) and AVP, Global Industry Partnerships (2019–2021) at ServiceNow, and VP, Global Alliances and Partnerships at Workato (2018–2019).
Christian DiCarlo
LinkedInExperience: Head of Platform Partnerships · Stripe
Head of Platform Partnerships at Stripe since November 2015; their profile headline describes them as Global Head of Platforms, Partners, and Industries at Stripe. Before Stripe they were Director, Business Development at Crocodoc (2013), Director - Strategic Partnerships at MoboTap (2012–2013) and Senior Manager - Corporate Development at Adobe (2010–2012).
Jaya Malik Desai
LinkedInExperience: Head of North America Bank Partnerships · Stripe
Head of North America Bank Partnerships at Stripe since February 2025, a role the profile lists at Director level, based in the Boston area. Their profile headline describes their work as partnerships at Stripe. This is the only role shown in their work history in the listing, so earlier roles are not covered here.
Kati Pease
LinkedInExperience: Head of SaaS Platform Partnership Development · Stripe
Head of SaaS Platform Partnership Development at Stripe since November 2024, a role the profile lists at Director level. At Stripe they also held Product Strategy and Operations - Commercialization of SaaS Platforms & Optimized Checkout (2022–2024), Platform Implementation Lead (2021–2022) and Implementation Consultant (2019–2021) roles.
Kenneth Chestnut
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Technology and Solutions GTM Partners · Stripe
Former Global Head of Technology and Solutions GTM Partners at Stripe (2021–2023). After Stripe they were Chief Partnership Officer - Intuit Mailchimp at Intuit Mailchimp (2023–2025) and worked in Global Partner Ecosystem at Intuit (2025–2026), and since June 2026 they have been Head of Partnerships at Emergent. Their profile says that before Stripe they were Global Segment Lead at Amazon Web Services.
Lan Roche
LinkedInExperience: Product Partnerships - Head of Platform Partnerships · Stripe
Former Product Partnerships - Head of Platform Partnerships at Stripe (May 2021 to July 2026), a role the profile lists at Director level. Since August 2026 they have been Head of Global Partnerships at Lovable. At Google they were Director, Business Development & Partnerships (2020–2021) and Head Of Business Development & Partnerships (2017–2020).
Mengfei Gao
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Payment Partnerships · Stripe
Global Head of Payment Partnerships at Stripe since July 2025, after holding the same title alongside membership of the Stripe UK board of directors (2023–2025), and earlier Head of Product Partnerships - EMEA (2021–2023) and Payments and Identity Partnerships Lead (2019–2021) there. They lead a global team of business development and partnership leaders across Stripe's most strategic payment partners.
Nate Starrett
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Financial Partnerships · Stripe
Global Head of Financial Partnerships at Stripe since May 2024, after Global Head of Bank Partnerships (2023–2024) and Partnerships Leader (2018–2023) there. Their profile describes Financial Partnerships as building and optimizing Stripe's portfolio of bank, card network and crypto and fiat product partners. Earlier they were Vice President of Business Development at Mindbody (2014–2018).
Rahim Lalji
LinkedInExperience: Director of Partner Programs & Program Operations · Stripe
Director of Partner Programs & Program Operations at Stripe since November 2024, where their profile says they lead SI and technology partner programs, after serving as Director of Operations at Stripe (2021–2024). Before Stripe they spent 2011 to 2021 at Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Chief of Staff for VP of Channels & Alliances and Head of Global Operations.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's partnership area to your question, since payment method, bank, platform and consulting alliance partnerships involve different counterparts. Check whether they are still at Stripe and when they held the role, because a former leader can speak to a different period than a current one.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a payments company decide which partnerships are worth a dedicated team?
- 02What makes a partner relationship productive in its first year?
- 03How do partnerships teams measure success when revenue is shared with the partner?
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