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Procurement professionals in Payments
These ten professionals hold procurement, sourcing and supplier management roles at payments companies, including Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, Worldpay, Fiserv and Global Payments. A reader can learn how payment processors and card networks buy technology and services, manage supplier risk and run procurement as they grow.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adrian Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Procurement Operations · Worldpay
Senior Director Procurement Operations at Worldpay since 2023. The profile describes a procurement operations and M&A integrations leader driving operational efficiencies. Other listed roles include Senior Director Supply Chain Management at FIS (2023–2024), Director Global Supply Management Mergers & Acquisitions and Procurement Operations at American Express (2016–2022) and Director Global Supply Management (GSM) - Joint Venture Management at American Express (2014–2016).
Ashish Bajpai
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Head of SCM & Procurement at Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. · Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd.
Vice President, Head of SCM & Procurement at Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. since 2021. The profile describes experience in procurement, large-scale supply chain management, asset management and vendor management. Other listed roles include Assistant Vice President - Head of Procurement at Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. (2018–2021) and Senior Manager at Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd (2016–2018).
Derek Stolpa
LinkedInExperience: Head of Procurement · Global Payments Inc.
Head of Procurement at Global Payments Inc. since 2026. The profile describes taking a newly created enterprise role overseeing procurement for major spend categories after Global Payments Inc.'s acquisition of Worldpay LLC in January 2026. Other listed roles include Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing and Planning at Worldpay (2024–2026) and Senior Practice Lead, Global Sourcing and Procurement Transformation at Infosys BPM (2012–2024).
E. Ronald Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Technology Procurement · Visa
Vice President, Technology Procurement at Visa since 2022. The profile describes procurement operations experience supporting the financial services and payment processing industries, including supplier risk management and technology sourcing. Other listed roles include Senior Director Technology Procurement at Visa (2018–2022) and Senior Technology Procurement Manager at Bank of America (2015–2018).
Garrett Affleck
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Procurement · Global Payments Inc.
Vice President, Procurement at Global Payments Inc. since 2023. Other listed roles include Director, IT Procurement at Global Payments Inc. (2020–2023), Senior Procurement Manager at TSYS (2019–2020), Procurement Manager at TSYS (2011–2019) and Policy Services Analyst at Aflac (2006–2010).
Lucian McClendon
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Procurement · Global Payments Inc.
Vice President of Procurement at Global Payments Inc. since 2025. Other listed roles include Director Global Procurement at Global Payments Inc. (2021–2025), Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing at Global Payments Inc. (2019–2021) and Manager, Indirect Sourcing, Professional Services (embedded at Cox Communications, Inc.) at ZeroChaos (2016–2019).
Megan Arora
LinkedInExperience: Head of Procurement · Stripe
Head of Procurement at Stripe since 2024. Other listed roles at Stripe include Head of Strategic Sourcing and Category Management (2023–2024) and Head of Third Party Risk Management (2021–2023). Also listed is Supplier Management Center of Excellence at Facebook (2019–2021). The profile lists skills in procurement, vendor management, third party risk and contract management.
Pallav Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Director-Sourcing and Supplier Management · Mastercard
Director-Sourcing and Supplier Management at Mastercard since 2022. The profile headline lists strategic sourcing and supplier management across cloud, SaaS and payments, plus third-party risk. Other listed roles at Mastercard include Sourcing Manager-New Payments Platforms (2022) and Regional Category Manager- Technology & South Asia Sourcing Leader (2017–2021). Also listed is Supplier Manager at Syngenta (2014–2017).
Richard Hale
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · Corpay
Director of Procurement at Corpay since 2024. The profile describes broad procurement and purchasing experience across insurance and business services. Other listed roles include Director Of Procurement at FLEETCOR (2022–2024), Managing Director at Richard Hale Strategic Procurement Ltd (2018–2022) and IT Procurement Specialist -Interim at Motability Operations Ltd (2020–2022).
Stephanie Wells
LinkedInExperience: Procurement and Partner Management Director · Fiserv
Procurement and Partner Management Director at Fiserv since 2016. The profile describes Fiserv as a global fintech and payments company. Also Commercial Lead at Fiserv since 2014. Other listed roles include Commercial Manager, Banking Operations at Tesco Bank (2012–2014) and Senior Portfolio Manager at The Scottish Government (2010–2012).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope, such as technology procurement, procurement operations or supplier risk, to the decision you face. Check their company type, from a card network to a merchant processor, and ask whether they have run procurement through a merger if that applies to you.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you assess and monitor the risk of a critical technology or processing vendor in a regulated payments business?
- 02What changes in procurement when two payments companies merge, and what do you tackle first?
- 03How do you balance cost savings against resilience when choosing suppliers for payment infrastructure?
Reaching procurement professionals in Payments
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Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 8 companies, including Worldpay, Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd. and Global Payments Inc., based on profile data retrieved on October 1, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
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