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Elizabeth Buse

Group President, APCEMEA

Elizabeth Buse is the group president, APCEMEA for Visa Inc., with responsibility for overseeing Visa's global sales and client service functions across Asia-Pacific, Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Visa's fastest growing geographies.

Previously, Buse was the global head of product for Visa Inc., leading all aspects of product strategy, development and growth. Prior to assuming the role of global head of product, Buse was executive vice president of product development and management for Visa USA, where she was responsible for the product development cycle — research, product innovation, new product development and product deployment — and for managing Visa USA’s consumer, small business and commercial products.

Before joining Visa USA in 1998, she served as vice president of strategic initiatives for the electronic funds division of First Data Corporation (FDC). Before FDC, Buse was a senior engagement manager at Windermere Associates, a management consulting firm focused on developing strategies for corporations facing intensely competitive industries.

Buse received her MBA from the Haas School at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a graduate fellow in Spanish linguistics at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain. She received her B.A. in Spanish linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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