Christopher T. Newkirk

Chris Newkirk is Visa’s executive vice president, global head of new flows.

Mr. Newkirk leads Visa’s global new flows businesses (commercial/B2B, Visa Direct, government, treasury-as-a-service), as well as the company’s global interchange and pricing function. He joined Visa as chief strategy officer in June 2020. In that role, Mr. Newkirk led the development of the company’s growth strategy, oversaw Visa’s strategy, regional product and solutions, cross-border, interchange and pricing functions, and established the Visa Garage. He also serves as the executive sponsor of Visa’s Asian Employee Network (VAEN).

Prior to Visa, Mr. Newkirk spent 12 years at Capital One, most recently as the president of small business, international and the Walmart Partnership, and a member of executive committee. In that capacity, Mr. Newkirk had full P&L responsibility across six lines of business in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, spanning strategy, marketing, sales, product, operations, digital transformation, customer experience, talent, risk management, financial performance and venture investing. Prior to Capital One, Mr. Newkirk held several leadership roles at IndyMac Bank. Previously, Mr. Newkirk was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Newkirk received his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Yale University and his juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He serves on the board of the Higher Achievement.