Mastercard
MasterCard has appointed Keisha Clark as Vice-President and Business Leader of Business Development in West Africa.
In her new role, Keisha will be tasked
with expanding MasterCard’s business in Anglophone West Africa, a region
of five countries, namely: Nigeria, Ghana, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and
Liberia.
In addition to expanding the business in
West Africa, Keisha will also oversee the growth of MasterCard’s scope
of products and number of customers, at a time when many governments in
the region are highlighting the vices and cost of cash, thereby ensuring
increased opportunities for the technology company in the payments
industry, a statement by the firm on Sunday indicated.
Keisha joined MasterCard from JP Morgan
Chase in New York, where she was an assistant vice-president responsible
for new client implementation of treasury products.
Prior to that, she worked at MasterCard
as the Director, Account Support and Implementation, with direct
responsibility for managing implementation of new and existing products.
She also worked at American Express as a
Senior Marketing Manager for Customer Development. Keisha has spent
over 15 years of her career in finance and payments, 13 of which have
been specific to the payments industry.
Commenting on the appointment,
Vice-President and Area Business Head for MasterCard in West Africa,
Omokehinde Ojomuyide, said the trend in the region’s payments industry
pointed to increased opportunities for the company to demonstrate its
leadership in the war against cash, adding that investment in top talent
and technology was key to MasterCard’s strategy for Africa.
Ojomuyide said, “We are glad to welcome
Keisha back to MasterCard, and look forward to working with her to grow
our business in a region that we believe holds much promise for us.
“The rise of Africa’s economies is n o
longer a dream but a reality, and with this rise, we not only see the
opportunities to realise our own vision of a world beyond cash, but to
be a part of the exciting story that is Africa’s renaissance.”
Keisha holds a BA in Economics
(Marketing concentration) from Syracuse University in New York, and is
an experienced sales, marketing and product development professional
with proven ability to successfully create and implement marketing
campaigns, build brands and create innovative marketing programs.
“I am excited to be returning to
MasterCard, a company whose focus is on collaborating with governments
and the private sector to deliver electronic payments in Africa,” Keisha
said on her appointment.
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