Philippe Menier

Philippe Menier was appointed Deputy Chief Executive, Visa Europe in July this year. Amongst other duties he is responsible for extending Visa Europe's relationship within the banking community and ensuring the success of V PAY, Visa Europe's new chip and PIN debit product for the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA).

Previous roles within Visa Europe included Chief Operating Officer of Visa Europe - a role he had held for five and a half years, in which he was responsible for the Finance and Treasury, Human Resources, Processing Payment Services, IT and Business Services and Systems.

Mr Menier was also Executive Vice President Relationship and Marketing Management. At that time he managed the nine local offices in the European region. His responsibility was to nurture and cement the relationship between Visa and its member banks and financial institutions, working with a team of relationship managers across the local offices.

Prior to joining Visa in January 1998, Mr Menier spent ten years at Citibank, where he worked in a number of roles, culminating in Business Manager for Citibank Cards UK. He has also worked in the US and Belgium.

Previously, Mr Menier spent eight years with Diners Club Benelux, based in Belgium, where he spent his last two years of employment as Financial Controller. Mr Menier holds a Commercial Engineering Degree from the Ecole de Commerce Solvay Brussels University.