Payments
10 Global Payments executives
These ten current and former Global Payments executives hold or have held chief executive, chief financial, chief technology, chief product, chief people, president and senior vice president roles at Global Payments and its regional businesses. A reader can learn from them how a large payments company runs technology, products, finance, people and regional operations.
Professionals to explore
01—10Cameron Bready
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Chief Executive Officer of Global Payments Inc. since 2024 and President and CEO since 2023. Former President and Chief Operating Officer (2019–2023), Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (2017–2019) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2014–2017) at Global Payments Inc.
David Duncan
LinkedInExperience: EVP - Chief Product Officer · Global Payments Inc.
EVP - Chief Product Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2019; the profile describes him leading global multinational teams that deliver payment solutions to merchants. Former SVP - Head of Product at TSYS Merchant Solutions (2019), President (2014–2019) and COO (2013–2014) at ProPay, and Group Executive - Managing Director at TSYS Brazil (2011–2013).
John Horne, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Treasurer · Global Payments Inc.
Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Global Payments Inc. since 2021, with Vice President Finance and Treasurer at Global Payments, Inc. also listed as current since 2015. Former Treasury and Corporate Finance role at Home Depot, Inc (2005–2015), Financial Controller at Symbol Technologies (2004–2005) and Director Of Finance and Corp Dev at Hitachi (2000–2004).
Josh Whipple
LinkedInExperience: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Global Payments Inc. since 2022, listed at C-Level in Finance & Accounting. Former Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Risk Officer at Global Payments Inc. (2015–2022), and former Director, Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2008–2015).
Karim Ben Lachhab
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CEO · Global Payments South America, Brasil - Servicos De Pagamentos
SVP & CEO at Global Payments South America, Brasil - Servicos De Pagamentos since 2019, a role the profile lists at C-Level in General Management. Former CFO (2018–2019) and Director Comercial (2018) at Global Payments South America, Brasil - Servicos De Pagamentos, and former Chief Representative at CaixaBank (2015–2017).
Konrad Kelling
LinkedInExperience: President & Managing Director UK & Ireland · Global Payments Inc.
Former President & Managing Director UK & Ireland at Global Payments Inc. (2024–2026), with the title given as President & Managing Director UK & Ireland and CEO Malta (subject to regulatory approval) from 2025 to 2026. The profile says the role was accountable for all facets of the Global Payments UK&I (and Malta) payments business. Former Managing Director SME Acceptance Barclaycard Payments at Barclaycard Payments (2017–2024).
Masseh Haidary
LinkedInExperience: Oceania CEO · Global Payments Inc.
Oceania CEO at Global Payments Inc. since 2024. Former CEO - Payments, Oceania at Global Payments Inc. (2022–2024), Chief Executive Officer at Delv Group (2019–2022), ACT and Federal Board Member at AIIA (2017–2020) and Director - Federal Government & Vertical Markets at Optus (2016–2019).
Matt Downs
LinkedInExperience: President, Global Payments for Platforms · Global Payments Inc.
President, Global Payments for Platforms at Global Payments Inc. since 2026; the profile describes the current role as Group President, Integrated & Platforms at Global Payments. Former EVP - Group President -Worldpay for Platforms at Worldpay (2022–2026) and GM & SVP Channel and Business Development, Integrated Payments at Worldpay (2013–2019).
Nichole Viviani
LinkedInExperience: Chief People, Culture and Change Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Chief People, Culture and Change Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2026. Former Chief People & Culture Officer at Worldpay (2023–2026), Chief People & Culture Officer at Prima (2023), Chief People & Marketing Officer at Xplor Technologies (2020–2023) and Senior Vice President People - Worldpay at FIS (2019–2020). The profile headline cites leadership teams, organisational design and culture.
Ryan Loy
LinkedInExperience: SEVP & Global Chief Technology Officer · Global Payments Inc.
SEVP & Global Chief Technology Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2024. The profile says he leads all facets of technology at Global Payments, including infrastructure, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and global product engineering. Former Partner at McKinsey & Company (2022–2025), and a Board Member at techbridge since 2025.
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Match the executive's function and region to your question, since a company-wide chief officer and the head of one regional business see different parts of Global Payments. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person speaks from a current seat or a past one.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large payments company decide which merchant, platform and software businesses to invest in?
- 02What does it take to integrate an acquired payments business into a global company's technology and product stack?
- 03How do regional payments businesses adapt global products to local merchants, regulators and partners?
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