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10 Visa corporate development leaders
These ten current and former Visa corporate development leaders have held director through senior vice president roles in corporate development, M&A and M&A integration at the company. A reader can learn how Visa approaches corporate development from people who led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Westergren
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development · Visa
Former SVP, Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development at Visa (2016–2019), where their profile says they were a member of Visa's Operating Committee and led a global team of 75 people across corporate strategy and corporate development. They were SVP, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer at Intuit (2011–2016), then Chief Financial Officer, Visa North America (2019–2023) and, since 2023, Chief Financial Officer, Visa Commercial and Money Movement Solutions.
Dev Pandya
LinkedInExperience: Director, M&A Integration · Visa
Director, M&A Integration at Visa since February 2025, a Director-level general management role based in London, after Senior Manager, M&A Integration at Visa (2022–2025). Before Visa they held a Mergers Acquisition Integration role (2018–2021) and were Manager of Global Strategic Transformation (2021–2022) at American Express Global Business Travel.
Francois Jurd de Girancourt
LinkedInExperience: SVP head of Strategy and M&A · Visa
SVP head of Strategy and M&A at Visa since November 2024. Their profile says they are part of the leadership for Visa CEMEA and lead Strategy and M&A across around 90 countries. Before Visa they were a Partner at McKinsey & Company in its financial institutions practice, including Partner, head of the Financial Institutions Group Africa (2018–2023).
Gitanjali Pundir
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Corporate Development and M&A · Visa
Vice President, Global Corporate Development and M&A at Visa since October 2021, a current role listed at President/Vice President level in general management. Before Visa they were Executive Director, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions at JPMorganChase (2010–2021) and Director, Corporate Development at an investment advisor (2008–2010).
Jack Enright
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Corporate Development · Visa
Vice President, Global Corporate Development at Visa since April 2022. Their profile says they lead a global M&A function and team and have a background in acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments and licensing in fintech and aerospace and defense. They were Director, Corporate Development at Lockheed Martin (2013–2022).
James Kirk
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Corporate Development, M&A, and Ventures · Visa
Global Head of Corporate Development, M&A, and Ventures at Visa since October 2024, a current Head-level general management role. Before Visa they were Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (2020–2024) and a Board Member at Onbe (2020–2024), Spring Venture Group (2018–2020) and First Eagle Investments (2015–2020).
Mark Wilcocks
LinkedInExperience: Head of Strategy, Partnerships and M&A for Real Time Payments · Visa
Head of Strategy, Partnerships and M&A for Real Time Payments at Visa since February 2020, a current role based in London, England. The listing shows this as their only work row, so the source does not describe earlier roles or specific transactions they worked on.
Melanie Brown
LinkedInExperience: Head of Corporate Development and Ventures, CEMEA · Visa
Head of Corporate Development and Ventures, CEMEA at Visa since July 2023, where their profile says they lead coverage, origination and deal execution for M&A and Ventures in the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa region. They were Senior Director, Corporate Development at Visa (2017–2023) and Associate Director, Corporate Development at Barclays (2010–2011).
Stephanie Hon
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration · Visa
Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration at Visa since November 2022. Their profile describes them as an M&A integration leader for buy-side and sell-side transactions in financial services and banking. They were Associate Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy & Operations at Deloitte (2017–2022) and Manager, Corporate Development Mergers & Acquisitions at American Express (2013–2017).
Will Cheung
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - China Business Strategy & Corporate Development · Visa
Former Senior Director - China Business Strategy & Corporate Development at Visa (2013–2016). They then held finance roles at Visa as Senior Director - Cybersource Finance (2017–2020), Vice President, Global Product Finance & CFO Acceptance Solutions (2020–2023) and, since 2023, Vice President, Value-Added Services Strategic Finance and CFO Risk & Identity Solutions. Their profile mentions earlier M&A investment banking experience.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a global corporate development role, a regional role and a role tied to one business line 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 network 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 corporate strategy and corporate development teams at a payments company decide which capabilities to build, partner for or acquire?
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