Management Team
John C. (Hans) Morris
President and Acting USA Regional President
As President of Visa Inc., Hans Morris is responsible for the company's income-generating businesses. In this capacity, he leads Visa Inc.'s five geographic operating regions, including all sales and marketing functions.
Morris oversees Visa Inc.'s relationships with card issuers, merchants, merchant acquirers and third-party processors. In addition, he is accountable for managing the Visa brand, one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world and the most recognized global financial services brand. All Visa Inc. regional presidents and client services organizations report to Morris, as does Visa Inc.'s global chief marketing officer.
Morris reports directly to Visa Inc.'s chairman and chief executive officer, Joe Saunders, and serves on Visa Inc.'s executive management committee.
From November 2002 until joining Visa Inc. in July 2007, Morris served as chief financial officer of Citi Markets & Banking (CMB), the capital markets, banking and transaction services business of Citigroup. In this capacity, he was responsible for finance, operations and technology for CMB. Prior to this role, he served in positions of increasing responsibility with Salomon Smith Barney and its predecessor companies for 22 years, including most recently as vice chairman and chief operating officer of the Salomon Smith Barney Investment Banking Division, from March 2000 to November 2002.
Morris received a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College.