API Fidel , a leading provider of financial infrastructure API, announced three executive appointments to support its significant growth in response to a record year. Kevin Akerman joins as Vice President of Global Strategic Initiatives, Mounir Mouawad as Vice President of Payments and Emerging Products and Carlos Vilhena as Head of Engineering.
“We are delighted to welcome Kevin, Mounir and Carlos into three main areas of our activity at a very important stage in API Fidel’s growth. Each of them brings a wealth of experience in their bag that will help us maintain the incredible momentum we’ve had this year,” said Dev Subrata, CEO of Fidel API. “In particular, Kevin is a long-time partner and helped to forge our first commercial agreement with Visa. His invaluable experience in the payments ecosystem and knowledge of global card networks will play a crucial role in creating business opportunities.”
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As VP of Global Strategic Initiatives, Kevin will focus on building business partnerships, deepening global payment network relationships and developing new product revenue streams. Kevin has spent the past 11 years leading Visa’s product strategy and business development in the United States and, more recently, Europe, covering the entire spectrum of solutions, from merchant data to debit, credit, installment products and consumer loyalty. Prior to Visa, Kevin spent seven years at Experian, where he helped design and scale their data products.
As VP of Payments and Emerging Products, Mounir will be responsible for setting goals and delivering emerging products and leading the teams needed to do so. Mounir joins Fidel API from Google, where he oversaw Google Pay’s product strategy and European operations. Mounir led the launch of Google Pay in 20 markets in two years and frequently served as an advisor to regulators on open banking.
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As Head of Engineering, Carlos will lead Fidel API’s engineering efforts. Carlos Vilhena assumes roles as a crucial construction element to API Fidel’s rapidly evolving engineering organization, contributing leadership, guidance and organizational rigor. Carlos has a long history in fintech, having previously worked at Talkdesk, where he oversaw several engineering teams working on some of the company’s most important services and APIs.
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