Aïda Diarra
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Aïda Diarra

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Senior Vice President, VISA
Senegal
[/vc_column_text][vc_zigzag][vc_column_text]Aida Diarra joined VISA as Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa SSA, effective 1 November 2018. Diarra has under her jurisdiction, all Visa operations in forty-eight markets across Sub-Saharan Africa.

 

Diarra is a highly experienced executive in the financial services and digital financial industry and is well versed in growing business and operations across the African continent. Her twenty-five-year career includes strategy development and implementation, business development and operational management. Aida joins Visa from Western Union, where she was the Regional Vice President for Africa & Managing Director for more than four years. Prior to this, she held a number of progressive leadership positions at the global money transfer business, developing her experience in marketing, sales, account management, strategy & planning and country / regional leadership positions. Coupled with her passion for financial technology, she is a champion for diversity and Africa’s overall contribution to the industry and serves as a leading voice in these two areas through her non-executive work.

 

Diarra was named among the Inaugural List of 100 Most Influential African Women in 2019 by Avance Media.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Photo Credit: CIO East Africa[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]