Visa is a multinational company that helps people do business financially, has appointed Lineshree Moodley as the new Country Head for South Africa (SA). Lineshree will be a part of Visa’s Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) leadership team. She will make Visa’s growth strategy for the area and put it into action. SSA stands for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Lineshree has worked for Visa in many different roles, including as the Head of Visa Consulting and Analytics for Sub-Saharan Africa and, most recently, as the Interim Cluster Country Head for Visa South Africa. Lineshree has worked in retail banking for more than 17 years and has greatly impacted how e-commerce has grown in Sub-Saharan Africa. Before she joined Visa, Lineshree was a Managing Director at Accenture Financial Services. In her new job, Lineshree will still be in charge of Visa’s operations in South Africa (SA).
She has worked in retail banking for more than 17 years and has greatly impacted how e-commerce has grown in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has also helped mobile network providers and fintech companies in many different areas come up with plans to digitize payment systems across the continent.
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Lineshree is very committed to making sure that the commercial value that is unlocked in the financial services industry in South Africa and SSA has a direct and positive effect on the people, businesses, and economies in those areas.
Visa’s goal is to keep building a solid regional team by matching a company’s and its employees’ unique skills with essential business opportunities. This is why they hired Lineshree.
Aida Diarra, Senior Vice President at Visa and Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, commented on the new position by saying, “Lineshree’s appointment reflects the importance we place on supporting our clients and partners in the South African market.” Because of how wide and deep her experience is, she will be able to help us right away with our strategy and our plans to grow in the region and throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. We are excited about the opportunities that lie ahead and look forward to Lineshree leading our ongoing efforts to help speed up digital commerce in South Africa.
Visa also previously appointed a head for West African Operations
In the future, Mr Andrew Uaboi will run Visa in the West African region, according to a statement from the company that handles payments.
The organization says that hiring Mr Uaboi is part of its plan to build a robust regional team by matching different skills and assets with essential business opportunities.
As part of his new job at Visa, the newly hired person will be a part of Visa’s leadership team for Sub-Saharan Africa and will be in charge of creating and putting Visa’s growth strategy in the area into action.
“Hiring Andrew shows how much we care about the markets in West Africa and how much we want to help our customers and partners,” the company said.
Because of how wide and deep his experience is, he will be able to help us quickly with our strategy and growth in the region and all over Sub-Saharan Africa.
About Visa
Visa Inc. is a company that provides financial services all over the world. It is based in the United States and has its main office in San Francisco, California. It makes it possible to make electronic fund transfers anywhere on the globe, the most frequent method being through credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards branded with the Visa name. Visa is consistently ranked as one of the most valuable firms in the world.