Ann Cairns
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Ann is the president of international markets at Mastercard Worldwide.
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Ann started out as a research scientist and moved into offshore engineering. Ann moved into banking in the late 1980s, then restructuring in 2008 which involved leadership on the European unwind of Lehman. She joined MasterCard in 2011 as the head of the international business which accounts for around 60% of the company revenue and covers all countries outside the US. As President of International Markets for MasterCard Worldwide, Ann Cairns is responsible for managing activities in all markets outside of the US. She oversees 6,000 people in 210 countries.
Biography:
Ann Cairns is president, International Markets for MasterCard, responsible for the management of all markets and customer-related activities outside of North America. As a member of the company’s Executive Committee and based in London, England, Ann leverages the company’s seamless global structure and presence to the benefit of all stakeholders.
Ann brings more than 20 years of experience working in senior management positions across Europe and the U.S., running global retail and investment banking operations. Prior to joining MasterCard in August 2011, Ann was a managing director and head of the Financial Industry Services group for Europe with Alvarez & Marsal in London. From 2008 to 2011, Cairns led the European team managing the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings International through the Chapter 11 process.
Previously, Ann was chief executive officer, Transaction Banking at ABN-AMRO in London, where she managed a global business with over 5 billion euros in revenue in 50 countries, covering the commercial, retail and financial institutions segments, and reported to the Group Board and served on the bank’s Executive Committee.
Prior to joining ABN-AMRO, Ann spent 15 years in senior operational positions at Citigroup, including chief operating officer, e-Business, where she led U.S., European and Japanese operations. Ann also served as Trustee of Charity Bank in the UK.
At the start of her career, Ann spent time as an award-winning research engineer, culminating as the head of Offshore Engineer-Planning for British Gas. Managing a team of 50 plus engineers, Ann was the first woman qualified to go offshore in Britain.
Ann received a Bachelor of Science in Pure Mathematics at Sheffield University and a Master of Science in Statistics from Newcastle University, U.K.
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