Kolin Whitley

Head of North America Acceptance Risk, VISA

Kolin Whitley is a Senior Director within the North American Risk organization at Visa advising the top 25 US issuers in the areas of fraud and identity management. Prior to joining Visa, Whitley has spent more than 20 years in a variety of risk leadership roles supporting payments, financial services and public sector. Whitley is an internationally recognized subject matter expert in the fields of fraud and identity management and brings a wealth of industry knowledge having worked for a variety of organizations in the payment eco-system. Some of these notable brands included Citi, Moneris, PayPal, and Experian where he represented the organization in a variety of thought leadership groups, including his role as Vice Chair of the Kantara Board of Directors.