Jesse McWaters Mastercard

Jesse McWaters

EVP, Head of Global Policy

Mastercard

Jesse McWaters

Jesse McWaters leads Mastercard’s global policy function, where he is responsible for directing the company’s policy strategy on a wide range of issues including CBDCs, cross-border payments, crypto-assets, real-time payments, open finance, digital ID, cyber-security, and fraud.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Jesse served as Financial Technology & Innovation Lead at the World Economic Forum and as a financial services strategy consultant at Deloitte, supporting large-scale technology transformations and the roll-out of new business models for leading banks, insurers, and wealth managers.

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