Umar S Khan serves as Visa’s Country Manager for Pakistan and Afghanistan based in Karachi. In his role, Umar is responsible for Visa’s overall strategy including business development, resource optimization, and building long-term relationships with Visa’s clients, regulators, and key stakeholders to drive the growth of digital commerce in these markets.
Umar S Khan is a highly experienced executive with over 20 years of global and cross-industry expertise. He has served in several senior roles across a range of markets, including Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary, Myanmar, Thailand, and Pakistan. With a strong understanding of high-volume transaction businesses and financial technology, Umar has launched and managed projects in customer experience, digital sales and distribution, and strategy.
Before joining Visa, Umar was the Chief Business Officer for Jazz Cash, one of Pakistan’s largest digital payment platforms with 10 million monthly active users. In this role, he led Government, Corporate, and Digital Partnerships and Solutions in the country. Prior to this, Umar headed Partnerships and Corporate Products as well as the Data and Digital Distribution function in Telenor Microfinance Bank.