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Michael Miebach

Michael Miebach is Chief Product Officer of Mastercard. In this role, he leads the development, commercialization and management of the company’s global core product offerings, which include credit, debit, commercial, prepaid and loyalty solutions. Michael is also a member of the company’s Management Committee. For 50 years, Mastercard has been transforming how the world pays and gets paid with technology and expertise that make payments safer, simpler and more secure. Michael brings a wealth of global experience in payment technologies, retail and corporate banking to his role. He previously headed Mastercard’s operations across the Middle East and Africa. Before joining Mastercard, he held senior positions at Barclays Bank and Citibank across Europe, Turkey, Africa and the Middle East. A passionate advocate of financial inclusion, Michael is a member of the G-20Y Association Advisory Board. He also sits on the Accion board of directors, sharing his insight and knowledge with the organization as it works to support the two billion adults across the world lacking access to formal financial services. Michael holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Passau in Germany and lives with his wife and two children in New York.

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