Alison Whittaker

Alison Whittaker is an accomplished risk management professional with extensive experience in leading roles across several prestigious financial institutions. Currently serving as the Chief Risk Officer for Real Time Payments and Applications at Mastercard, Alison has previously held the position of Senior Vice President Risk Management for New Payment Platforms and Risk Integration Project Manager. Before Mastercard, positions included Global Project Manager for Entity Services and Client Outreach at Bloomberg LP, Executive Director and Head of EMEA Derivative Regulatory Reporting at Goldman Sachs, and Associate at J.P. Morgan. Alison's career began as Office Manager at Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. Educationally, Alison holds a Master of Arts with Honours in Oriental Studies - Japanese from the University of Cambridge, completed in 1998, and attended Haberdashers Aske's School for Girls from 1981 to 1993.