Kimberly Lawrence

Group Director

Visa

Kimberly is the president of North America Visa. In this capacity, she oversees the company’s business, finances, strategy, and operations in the United States and Canada. She previously held a comparable position as the head of the U.S. operations before taking the helm of the North American region. Before that, she was the head of Visa’s Global Client Initiatives division. Kimberly has played a pivotal role in creating initiatives that have driven transformative change in the payments industry, including improving leadership team diversity, reorganizing teams to better align with company goals, and changing company culture. Her peers highly respect her and frequently seek her advice on essential initiatives, strategic concerns, and new or evolving corporate policies. She has spent her entire twenty-year career in the payments sector, working for Visa.