Bill Gajda

Bill Gajda is the Head of Global Mobile Product, at Visa Inc., the world’s largest retail payment network. Gajda oversees Visa’s mobile product and commercial strategies and activities. In this role, he manages a global initiative to build alliances, develop and implement mobile services and platforms that enable the next generation of payments and financial services. Prior to joining Visa in Feb. 2010, he served as chief commercial officer for the GSMA, the organization which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry.  He led strategic initiatives including Mobile Money, Mobile Money Transfer, Mobile Advertising, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile Innovation and Business Development. Gajda has also served as head of marketing at Ericsson. Gajda holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta.