Mandy Lamb is the Senior Vice President of Visa’s Value-Added Services (VAS) in Europe, based in London. This responsibility covers the delivery of Visa’s Value-Added capabilities to power the growth of our clients in areas such as digital, risk management, acceptance and open banking. Mandy most recently held the position of Regional Managing Director, UK and Ireland, responsible for the strategic direction and success of Visa’s business in the region. Mandy has been with Visa over 16 years, joining the UK & Ireland business from Singapore, where she was Group Country Manager, Regional Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand) & Senior Vice President, Global Client Management Asia Pacific. Mandy has held a variety of other senior roles during her time at Visa spanning South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Ukraine where she led 17 markets across the Commonwealth of Independent States & Southeastern Europe (CIS & SEE) as SVP, Group Country Manager. Prior to Visa, Mandy held a number of positions in the financial services and IT industries, fostering deep client and global market expertise across retail banking, technology and payments. Mandy started her career in Information Technology and Telecommunications as a Project Manager at Amvia Ltd and Dimension Data. She holds a Bachelor of Education and Post Graduate Diploma in Management, from the University of Witwatersrand and Wits Business School respectively. She completed her Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Pretoria (GIBS) in 2007