As Senior Vice President and Head of Advisory and Value-Added Services (VAS) for the CEMEA region, Walter is responsible for defining and driving the strategy to develop client centric end-to-end solution for partners, embedding advisory, data, processing, and products capabilities. In his role, Walter enhances the focus, connectivity, and visibility of VAS in CEMEA.
Walter first joined Visa in 2017 to head CEMEA Strategy, before being appointed to lead the fast-growing CEMEA Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) business in 2021. His deep regional and client expertise stems from more than 25 years of experience in payments, retail banking and digital transformation.
Before joining Visa, Walter held the position of General Manager at the Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), reporting directly to the CEO and Chairman of the Board. He was responsible for spearheading the bank's overall strategy and Transformation Program. Notably, in 2015, Walter pioneered CBD Now, the UAE's inaugural Digital-only Bank.
Prior to his role at CBD, Walter served as a Partner at McKinsey&Co, where he co-led the Financial Institution Practice in the Mediterranean Complex and the Transformational Change Service Line in EMEA. His consultancy extended across diverse regions within CEMEA, including North Africa, East Africa, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Previously, Walter worked as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs and as a member of the Technical Leadership Program (TLP) at General Electric.
Walter holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston.
Walter first joined Visa in 2017 to head CEMEA Strategy, before being appointed to lead the fast-growing CEMEA Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) business in 2021. His deep regional and client expertise stems from more than 25 years of experience in payments, retail banking and digital transformation.
Before joining Visa, Walter held the position of General Manager at the Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), reporting directly to the CEO and Chairman of the Board. He was responsible for spearheading the bank's overall strategy and Transformation Program. Notably, in 2015, Walter pioneered CBD Now, the UAE's inaugural Digital-only Bank.
Prior to his role at CBD, Walter served as a Partner at McKinsey&Co, where he co-led the Financial Institution Practice in the Mediterranean Complex and the Transformational Change Service Line in EMEA. His consultancy extended across diverse regions within CEMEA, including North Africa, East Africa, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Previously, Walter worked as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs and as a member of the Technical Leadership Program (TLP) at General Electric.
Walter holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston.
