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Jamie Walker was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elavon in 2017 and is responsible for leading more than 4,000 employees in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Since joining Elavon in 2001, Jamie has managed complex initiatives, including acquisitions and international expansion in his previous role as Chief Financial Officer for Elavon, to assessing risk and opportunities for sustainable, strategic growth in his former role as Chief Administrative Officer for U.S. Bank’s Payment Services division.

Jamie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and marketing from Emory University, and is based in Atlanta, United States.

Declan Lynch was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elavon Financial Services (EFS) in 2006 and is responsible for leading more than 2,000 employees in Ireland, UK, Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Luxembourg.

EFS is a fully-chartered Irish bank, wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to its leading payment-processing solutions, EFS also operates a number of fast-growing investment services businesses in Europe including Trust, Depositary and Custody.  

Declan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin, and is based in Dublin.

Hemlata Narasimhan was appointed European President of Elavon Merchant Services in 2022, and is responsible for 1000 employees in seven countries.

Prior to joining Elavon, Hemlata led the merchant and acquiring business for Visa in Europe. She was also responsible for the growth in Europe of Cybersource – a payment platform acquired by Visa in 2010, and an Elavon partner.

Prior to Visa, Hemlata spent almost seven years at American Express in New York and London, and had a successful career in management consulting with the Boston Consulting Group.

Hemlata is based in London.

Gilda was appointed Chief Operations Officer in 2022, having been with Elavon since 2018.

Gilda has over thirty years of experience in the financial services sector across operations and transformation in the UK, Ireland, and the US.

In addition to leading large teams delivering strategic and complex business change, Gilda has driven significant initiatives building banking operations from greenfield sites to a full retail bank servicing. 

As an accomplished female leader, Gilda is a vocal advocate for emerging diverse talent, employee engagement and wellbeing.

Gilda has a Masters in Financial Services, Certified Banking Director, CDip Accounting and Finance, Company Secretary and BSc in Computer Science.