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10 Visa product leaders
These ten product leaders have held director-level or more senior product roles at Visa. A reader can learn from them how a global payments network plans, launches and scales new payment products and platforms.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anil Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Product Management (Faster Payments, Product Strategy, Solutioning) · Visa
Senior Director of Product Management (Faster Payments, Product Strategy, Solutioning) at Visa since 2021, and former Director at Visa (2015–2021). The profile headline ties the role to Visa Direct, covering faster and real-time payments, cross-border, stablecoins and agentic money movement, and describes leading, designing and launching products and platforms in faster payments, APIs and mobile apps.
Ansar Ansari
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Global Head of Platform Products · Visa
SVP, Global Head of Platform Products at Visa since 2021, former Senior Vice President, Digital Products at Visa (2015–2021) and former Vice President, Product, Digital Solutions at Visa (2014–2015). Former Director of Product, Point Of Sales Payments at PayPal (2011–2014). The profile describes expertise in payments, retail, product management and technology.
Giscard Azizi
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Product Management · Visa
Senior Director of Product Management at Visa since 2024. The profile says the role leads the design and launch of a next-generation treasury platform managing hundreds of billions in payment turnover, enabling 24/7 instant payments, receivables and cross-border money movement using SWIFT, RTP and ACH. Former Head of Product - Global Money at HSBC (2022–2024).
Jack Forestell
LinkedInExperience: Chief Product and Strategy Officer · Visa
Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Visa since 2023, the only role listed in the profile. The profile places the position in the product department at the C-level, and describes Visa as an IT services and IT consulting company with 20,000 to 30,000 employees.
Kerstin Gleie
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Click to Pay Product Management · Visa
Senior Director, Global Click to Pay Product Management at Visa since 2024, and former Head of Credential Lifecycle Products, Global at Visa (2021–2024). The profile says the current role leads the global Click to Pay consumer experience and outcomes product team, delivering an online payment experience across consumer touch points such as checkout and the consumer portal.
Luciana Mosoia
LinkedInExperience: VP - Global Head of Product - Treasury as a Service · Visa
Former VP - Global Head of Product - Treasury as a Service (2019–2022) and former VP - Global Head of Product and Commercialization Treasury as a Service (2022–2023) at Visa. SVP and General Manager, Global FX and Cross Border Solutions at Visa since 2025, a role the profile describes as general manager for Visa's currency exchange, multi-currency management and cross-border solutions across card, account and wallet flows.
Pavan HS
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Product Management · Visa
Senior Director of Product Management at Visa since 2021. The profile says the role is Head of Product for Agentic Commerce for Visa's Acceptance Business, owning the 0-to-1 strategy and roadmap for how AI agents securely discover products and shop on behalf of consumers. Former Senior Product Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2020–2021).
Raman Aulakh
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Product Management, Embedded Finance · Visa
Sr. Director of Product Management, Embedded Finance at Visa since 2026, and former Director of Product Management, Embedded Finance at Visa (2024–2026). The profile describes leading a global product team building industry-first embedded finance products. Former Product Lead, Engagement and Monetization at Amazon (2021–2024).
Sayeed Mohammed
LinkedInExperience: VP, Global Head of Product, Token Services · Visa
VP, Global Head of Product, Token Services at Visa since 2024, and former Global Head of Product, Token ID at Visa (2019–2024). The profile says the Token ID role involved driving a network-of-networks strategy that led to the inception of a new product, Token Gateway Service. Former Senior Director, Digital Products (2015–2019) and former Director, Digital Products (2013–2015) at Visa.
Sush Rapolu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Head of Product Strategy · Visa
Senior Director, Head of Product Strategy at Visa since 2026, leading product strategy for Flex, Installments and high-growth initiatives according to the profile. Former Senior Director, Visa Direct Global Product (2025–2026), a role the profile ties to a key global cross-border money movement initiative, and former Senior Director, Head of Visa Global Commercialization (2023–2025).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product area to your question, since tokenization, money movement, checkout and embedded finance each involve different partners and constraints. For portfolio or strategy questions, favor people with global head or executive scope; for launching a specific product, favor those who led that product line.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which new payment products to build versus partner on, and what evidence do you need before committing?
- 02What does it take to get issuers, acquirers and merchants to adopt a new network capability, and where do launches usually stall?
- 03How do you set pricing and success metrics for a new payments product in its first two years?
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