Visa Everywhere Initiative Global Finals 2022

Andrew Torre

Regional President, CEMEA

Visa

Andrew Torre serves as Regional President for the CEMEA region at Visa Inc. In this role, he oversees all of Visa’s operations in more than 90 countries across the CEMEA region and cultivates relationships with Visa’s clients and government authorities. Andrew reports to Visa’s global president, Ryan McInerney and sits on Visa’s global Operating Committee.

Dr. Saeeda Jaffar

Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), CEMEA

Visa

Dr. Saeeda Jaffar currently serves as Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. In this role Dr. Jaffar and her team are focused on driving Visa’s business growth in the region with key clients and partners from financial institutions, partners, and government in support of Visa’s mission to help individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive.

Marcel Desailly

Footballing Legend and Sports Pundit

Marcel Desailly is a former French footballer and star of the France national football team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA WorldCup and Euro 2000. Desailly is considered one of the most accomplished players of the game and one of the best players of the past two decades, having won virtually every major team award. He is a knowledgeable and highly respected commentator on the modern game.

Desailly is a supporter of the 1GOAL Education for All campaign. He is also the UNICEF national Goodwill Ambassador for Ghana. He is the Lifetime Goodwill Ambassador for OrphanAid Africa, his personal charity that helps abandoned children in Ghana. He is a member of the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation.

Nicky Crosby – MC

Lead Female Presenter
beIN Sports

Nicky is the lead female presenter for beIN Sports' English Channel, hosting the Premier League and FA Cup live studio coverage. Life with beIN has enabled her to travel the world reporting on major sporting events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup Finals, European Championship and Grand Slam Finals where she considers herself lucky enough to sit down with some of the biggest names in sports. In addition to her work for beIN’s Sport department, she is often called upon to conduct interviews for beIN’s entertainment sector.

Wade Arnold – global winner, Visa Everywhere Initiative 2021

Co-Founder and CEO
Moov Financial

Serial entrepreneur Wade Arnold is Co-Founder and CEO of Moov Financial, responsible for rebuilding banking infrastructure for modern, cloud-native applications without dependence on legacy technology. As a visionary leader, Wade is instrumental in establishing Moov’s renowned open source libraries and creating Moov’s rapidly expanding developer community.

Ruben Salazar

Senior Vice President, Global Head Visa Direct
Visa

Ruben Salazar Genovez is the Global Head of Visa Direct, where he is responsible for expanding Visa’s global money movement capabilities beyond the card. Visa Direct is a real-time push payment platform that leverages Visa’s global payment network to facilitate fast, simple, and secure digital payments worldwide. Visa Direct is one of the fastest growing products within the Visa portfolio.

Romina Seltzer

Senior Vice President, Products and Innovation for Visa Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Visa

Romina Seltzer is Senior Vice President and Head of Products and Innovation at Visa LAC, where she drives Visa’s portfolio of Core Products, Digital Platforms, Processing, and Innovation Centers in the region. With more than 20 years of knowledge in payments, Romina manages and leads Visa’s products and innovation strategy across the region.

Sanjay Shamdasani

Managing Director and Partner
geniant

Sanjay is Managing Director and Partner at geniant—a next generation experience consultancy helping firms shape the future of their customer and employee experiences by offering a holistic suite of services across the digital domain, people to people interactions, and physical spaces.

A pioneer in the digital design industry, Sanjay has founded, led, and sold 3 agencies over the last 25 years creating world-class design solutions for a host of Fortune 500 companies including American Express, Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, BlackRock, HP, Intuit, Walmart, Salesforce and Facebook.

Otto Williams

Senior Vice President, Head of Partnerships, Innovation and Digital Solutions, CEMEA
Visa

Otto Williams is Senior Vice President, Head of Partnerships, Innovation and Digital Solutions, Visa –CEMEA. His focus is on driving digital commerce expansion with regional and global partners, overseeing new solutions development, and establishing Visa as the Fintech partner of choice.  In CEMEA, Otto has led his team to sign major fintech partnerships, complete Visa Ventures investments, launch the Fintech Fasttrack Program, Fintech Connect Program, and deploy fintech enabled solutions for banks, consumers, and businesses.