Gabriel Swanepoel

Senior Vice President, Country Manager, Mastercard Southern Africa, Mastercard

Gabriel Swanepoel is Senior Vice President, Country Manager, Mastercard Southern Africa of Mastercard, in the role since October 2021.

Mastercard Southern Africa is the regional business of the global card network, working with banks, fintechs, telecoms and retailers. Swanepoel was promoted from vice president of business integration to lead the local business.

In the job

  1. Mastercard promoted Swanepoel to country manager for South Africa, taking over from Suzanne Morel. Source

Career before

  1. Vice president, business integration, Mastercard Southern Africa
  2. New business and innovation manager, Verifone Africa
  3. Consultant, MTN Mobile Money Holdings
  4. Co-founder, XLink Communications

Sources

  1. corporateandinvestment.standardbank.com
  2. innovation-village.com
  3. techafricanews.com

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