Henrique De Castro Joins First Data’s Board of Directors
July 24 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
First Data (NYSE: FDC) announced today that its Board of
Directors elected technology executive Henrique De Castro as a
Director of First Data. The Board has also appointed De Castro to
serve as a member of the Risk Committee. De Castro’s election
expands First Data’s Board from eight members to nine.
“We are very pleased to have Henrique join First Data’s Board of
Directors,” said First Data Chairman and CEO Frank Bisignano. “As
First Data continues to innovate and expand its offerings to our
millions of business owner clients and thousands of financial
institution clients around the world, Henrique’s experience and
vast knowledge of the global digital and mobile marketplace will be
invaluable assets to our board,” Bisignano added.
De Castro, who has held senior leadership positions at Google
Inc., Dell, and McKinsey & Company, most recently served as COO
at Yahoo! Inc. While at Google from 2006 to 2012, De Castro served
in roles including President of Global Media, Mobile &
Platforms and President of Partner Business Worldwide. During his
tenure, De Castro helped build the company’s Media, Mobile &
Platforms Business into the world’s leading digital business. He
also helped launch Google’s Media and Mobile operations in more
than 40 countries and was instrumental in several of the company’s
largest acquisitions. Earlier in his career, De Castro was Director
of Sales and Business Development for Dell in Western Europe and
served as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
“First Data has made enormous strides over the last several
years and is poised for further growth as a world leader in
commerce-enabling technology,” said De Castro. “I am honored to
join First Data’s Board and work with Frank Bisignano and my
colleagues as we help clients around the world grow their business
and, in the process, increase shareholder value,” De Castro
added.
De Castro also serves on the Board of Directors of Target
Corporation and is an advisor to Cantor Fitzgerald. De Castro
earned a Bachelor Degree in Business from the Instituto Superior de
Economia e Gestão in Lisbon, Portugal and a Master of Business
Administration degree from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
About First Data
First Data (NYSE: FDC) is a global leader in commerce-enabling
technology and solutions, serving approximately six million
business locations and 4,000 financial institutions in more than
100 countries around the world. The company’s 24,000
owner-associates are dedicated to helping companies, from start-ups
to the world’s largest corporations, conduct commerce every day by
securing and processing more than 2,800 transactions per second and
$2.2 trillion per year.
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