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Table of Contents
P ART III
I TEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The following table sets forth information about individuals who currently serve as our directors and/or executive officers.
Name Age Position
Joseph W. Saunders 62 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Byron H. Pollitt 56 Chief Financial Officer
John (Hans) C. Morris 48 President
William M. Sheedy 40 Global Head of Corporate Strategy and Business Development
Joshua R. Floum 49 General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
John M. Partridge 58 Chief Operating Officer
Ellen Richey 58 Chief Enterprise Risk Officer
Elizabeth Buse 46 Global Head of Product
Hani Al-Qadi 44 Director (Regional director from CEMEA)
Thomas Campbell(1)(2)(3) 55 Director
Gary Coughlan(3)(4) 63 Director
Mary B. Cranston(3)(4) 59 Director
Charles T. Doyle 73 Director (Regional director from U.S.A.)
Francisco Javier Fernandez-Carbajal(3)(4) 52 Director
Peter Hawkins 53 Director (Regional director from AP)
Suzanne Nora Johnson(1)(2)(3) 50 Director
Robert W. Matschullat(3)(4) 60 Director
David I. McKay 44 Director (Regional director from Canada)
Cathy Elizabeth Minehan(3)(4) 60 Director
David J. Pang(2)(3) 64 Director
Charles W. Scharf 42 Director (Regional director from U.S.A.)
Segismundo Schulin-Zeuthen 63 Director (Regional director from LAC)
William Shanahan(1)(2)(3) 67 Director
John A. Swainson(1)(3) 53 Director
Johannes (Hans) I. van der Velde(5) 61 Director (Regional director from Europe)
(1) Member of our compensation committee.
(2) Member of our nominating/corporate governance committee.
(3) Independent director.
(4) Member of our audit and risk committee.
(5) Mr. van der Velde will cease to be a director upon the closing of our proposed initial public offering pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
Set forth below is certain biographical information for each of these individuals.
Joseph W. Saunders was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. in May 2007 after having been designated Executive Chairman in
February 2007. Prior to this role, he served Visa International as Executive Chairman of the transition governance committee and officially began serving as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. upon its formation in May 2007. Prior to joining Visa International, he served as President of Card
Services for Washington Mutual, Inc. since the acquisition of Providian Financial Corporation in October 2005. Mr. Saunders was President and Chief
Executive Officer of Providian from November 2001, and Chairman of the board of directors from May 2002, until Washington Mutual's acquisition of
Providian in 2005. From 1997 until 2001, Mr. Saunders served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Credit Card Services at FleetBoston
Financial Corporation. Mr. Saunders served as a member of the board of directors of Visa U.S.A. from October 2002 to February 2007 and Visa International
from October 2005 to February 2007,
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