Executive Team

Cameron Bready

Chief Executive Officer

Cameron Bready – chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Global Payments – is an experienced global business leader who has served in a variety of top leadership roles at public companies over his nearly 30-year career. Most recently, he was president and chief operating officer for Global Payments, overseeing the company’s worldwide merchant solutions businesses across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, along with worldwide operations, risk management, product and real estate. From 2014 to 2019, Cameron served as the company’s senior executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Prior to joining Global Payments in 2014, Cameron served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for ITC Holdings Corp., a publicly-traded electric transmission utility, where he was responsible for the company's accounting, finance, treasury and other related financial functions, as well as its corporate development initiatives. Cameron joined ITC Holdings in April 2009 after serving as vice president of finance at Northeast Utilities and, prior to that, senior vice president at Mirant Corporation.

Cameron has been recognized by Institutional Investor as one of "America's Best CFOs" multiple times, by Crain's Detroit Business as "CFO of the Year" and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as “CFO of the Year” in the large public company category. He is a member of the board of directors of Crawford & Company®, the world’s largest publicly-listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions. Cameron also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Electronic Transactions Association, the leading trade association for the payments industry; chairman of the board of trustees of Oglethorpe University; member of the board of trustees of Pace Academy; and member of the board of directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Cameron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He and his wife, Mary, live in Atlanta with their three children.

Laurent Bossard

Head of Worldwide Operations

Laurent Bossard is head of worldwide operations for Global Payments, which includes responsibility for client success, finance protection operations, international and joint ventures operations, as well as logistics and fulfillment management. He is a proven business leader offering a unique combination of rigor, analysis, financial acumen, and execution excellence, as well as deep experience leveraging digital tools – including machine learning, AI and automation – to achieve business goals.

Prior to joining Global Payments, Laurent served in a variety of top leadership roles at premier financial services companies including GE and JPMorgan Chase. His experience includes CEO of two GE Capital portfolio companies (GE Partnership Marketing Group and WMC Mortgage); president and head of Chase’s private label credit cards; and COO and CFO of Chase’s technology and operations organizations.

Laurent is a recognized people leader who consistently achieves top engagement scores. He has a strong record of investing in talent, including enhancing team capabilities, building high performance cultures, and developing diverse leaders through coaching and support of personal growth and professional objectives.

Laurent earned his Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Originally from France, he has lived in the United States since 2000 and resides near NYC with his wife of 32 years. They have two sons, aged 25 and 21. He has been a career-long supporter of the success of women in operations and technology, and is passionate about helping and mentoring young adults facing mental health struggles and addiction.

Andréa Carter

Chief Human Resources Officer

As chief human resources officer for Global Payments, Andréa Carter is responsible for developing and leading all aspects of the company’s people and talent organization. In this role, she is responsible for human capital strategies, performance standards, enhancements to corporate culture and full engagement of a global, diverse workforce. With more than 20 years of experience in human resources, Andréa’s focus is on developing initiatives and executing strategies and programs that focus on building a world class talent function.

Andréa joined the company in 2017 as senior vice president, human resources – corporate, international and talent management. Most recently, she served as senior vice president, human resources – merchant, supporting Global Payments’ worldwide merchant solutions businesses across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America along with worldwide operations, risk management, product and real estate.

Prior to joining Global Payments, Andréa served as chief human resources officer for Habitat for Humanity. She has held various HR leadership roles in multiple industries and organizations such as Ralph Lauren, Newell Rubbermaid and The Home Depot. 

Andréa holds a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University. In 2020, Andréa was recognized by Atlanta Magazine as one of the 12 “Women Making A Mark” and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta’s “Women Who Mean Business.” Andréa was selected to be a member of The Executive Leadership Council’s (ELC) Class of 2022, and the National Diversity Council named her one of the Top 100 Women in Business for 2022. She currently serves on the board of directors for Churchill Downs Inc., a publicly traded company.

Bob Cortopassi

President and Chief Operating Officer

Robert “Bob” Cortopassi, president and chief operating officer of Global Payments, is an experienced leader with deep technology, commerce, and global business expertise amassed over his 30 plus year career.

As president, Bob oversees Global Payments’ merchant and issuer solutions businesses, as well as worldwide operations. Prior to being named president, Bob led Global Payments’ portfolio of vertical market software businesses, international merchant acquiring and multinational commerce, as well as operations and global product.

Bob joined Global Payments in 2012 as part of the Accelerated Payment Technologies (APT) acquisition. Since then, he helped lead the company’s strategic pivot to technology-led distribution through organic growth of the integrated payments business and many software-centric acquisitions. Bob was also previously responsible for Global Payments’ integrated and ISV partner channel business.

Before joining Global Payments, Bob served as senior vice president of APT, overseeing product, marketing, technology, and operations. He was part of the executive leadership team that consummated the APT sale to Global Payments in 2012.

Bob has been a recognized speaker, contributor, and committee leader for industry associations, such as the Electronic Transactions Association and PCI Security Standards Council, and has served on numerous corporate, non-profit, and governmental boards of directors. He is currently executive sponsor of the Global Payments Women’s Network.  

Bob and his wife, Marina, have four children and live near Park City, UT.

David Green

Chief Administrative Officer

As chief administrative officer at Global Payments, David Green’s responsibilities include legal, data privacy, regulatory compliance, corporate marketing, global facilities and real estate, enterprise risk management, government relations, internal and external communications and community affairs.

Prior to his most recent appointment, David spent 20 years in various roles in the legal department at the company, including 10 years as general counsel and corporate secretary, responsible for all of the company’s legal matters worldwide. David has led negotiations for the company’s most transformational transactions, including the acquisition of Heartland in 2016, the TSYS merger in 2019 and the acquisition of EVO Payments in 2023. Prior to joining Global Payments, David practiced law with King & Spalding LLP in Atlanta.

David is the past executive sponsor of the company’s LGBTQIA+ employee resource group, the Global Payments Pride Network. He has been recognized as General Counsel of the Year by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and is a member of the Government Relations Committee of the Electronic Transactions Association, the leading trade association for the payments industry.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and received his law degree from the Emory University School of Law. He and his wife, Laura, live in Atlanta with their two children.

Gaylon Jowers, Jr.

President, Issuer Solutions

Gaylon Jowers is president of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business, which services more than 800 million traditional accounts on file for approximately 200 bank, fintech and retail issuers around the world.

Gaylon is a 28-year veteran of the payments industry. He has held key leadership roles within TSYS, which combined with Global Payments in 2019, including responsibility for its international business, debit, prepaid, loyalty, debt management, e-commerce, global account management and sales, corporate strategy, and marketing initiatives.

He serves on the board of directors for China UnionPay Data Services, Ltd. (CUP Data), a joint venture with China UnionPay (CUP).

Gaylon holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in management from Troy State University. He is an active member of the local Columbus, Georgia community through the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, including serving on the Columbus 2025 Committee.

Ryan Loy

Chief Information Officer

Ryan joined Global Payments in June 2024 to lead its worldwide Technology organization, which includes product and software development, worldwide technology infrastructure and operations management, information security, program and portfolio management, analytics and artificial intelligence.

A CIO for the majority of his 25-year career, Ryan specializes in large-scale agile transformations, helping global companies drive long-term sustainable growth via technology. His expertise includes cloud migrations, launching innovative software products, advanced analytics, as well as building high-performance development organizations.

He was previously chief information officer at EBSCO Industries, as well as ADTRAN, a global provider of networking and communications solutions.  

Ryan is a frequent keynote speaker and has won numerous awards including: ORBIE’s CIO of the Year for large enterprises in 2022 (Alabama); HMG Digital Transformation Leader in 2021; and Computerworld’s Top 100 CIOs in 2020. While at EBSCO, Computerworld named the company to its 2019 Best Places to Work in IT list.

Ryan holds a master’s degree in finance from Harvard University and previously served in the U.S. Army. He has two children: a junior in high school and one attending Mississippi State University.

David Rumph

Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer

David Rumph is the chief transformation and strategy officer of Global Payments. In this role, he leads Global Payments’ organizational transformation initiative, as well as worldwide strategy, corporate development and enterprise initiatives. This includes strategic planning and analysis; sourcing, evaluation, and execution and integration of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; and leadership of the firm’s fintech innovation program. Previously, David was chief strategy and corporate finance officer.

Over his 25 year career, David has focused on building, scaling and leading finance, accounting and strategy teams to enable growth. He was instrumental in the planning, diligence and integration of Global Payments’ 2019 merger with TSYS. He joined TSYS in 2011, holding numerous leadership roles across treasury, financial planning and analysis, and mergers and acquisitions. His efforts supported the company's revenue diversification strategy, which led to roughly a tripling of revenues and profits. Prior to joining TSYS, he spent about a decade at The Home Depot and Turner (Time Warner) in a variety of finance and accounting roles.

David earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and management information systems from The University of Georgia and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and two children.

Dara Steele-Belkin

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

As general counsel and corporate secretary, Dara Steele-Belkin is responsible for all of the company’s legal, data privacy, enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance matters worldwide. Dara leads a team of talented legal, risk, and compliance professionals who strive to reduce friction and risk within the business, while maximizing innovation and opportunity.

Dara previously served as assistant general counsel and chief privacy officer, advising and supporting the business to enable privacy compliance throughout the world. Dara also led the team that provides legal support to Global Payments' Business Technology Services group by advising, negotiating, and drafting the company’s third-party technology licenses, service and other outsourcing agreements on a worldwide basis, including negotiations of strategic partnership negotiations with major cloud technology vendors. Since joining the company in 2007, Dara's varied roles have given her the opportunity to provide legal support to the company’s issuer, U.K. and European merchant, and various of its vertical markets-focused businesses.

Dara joined Global Payments after spending five years as a litigator with Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland). While at Sutherland, Dara specialized in commercial litigation, focusing primarily on professional liability defense and advising in the areas of antitrust and deceptive trade practices. Dara joined Sutherland following the completion of a federal judicial clerkship with Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Prior to her clerkship with Judge Kollar-Kotelly, Dara served as judicial law clerk to Chief Judge Joel F. Dubina, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Dara received her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Duke Law School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, awarded cum laude from Duke University.

Dara proudly serves on the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and their youngest child, missing their elder two children while they are away at college. 

Josh Whipple

Chief Financial Officer

As chief financial officer of Global Payments, Josh Whipple is responsible for all global financial operations including finance, treasury, accounting and tax, as well as investor relations and internal audit. From 2015 to 2022, Josh served as the company’s chief strategy and enterprise risk officer where he was responsible for the company’s corporate strategy, which included mergers and acquisitions, integrations, joint ventures and similar transactions. Josh was also responsible for enterprise risk management, business resiliency, business and enterprise compliance and government relations.

Prior to becoming CFO, Josh executed numerous transactions totaling more than $40 billion in value, and he played a key role in leading the company’s strategic transformation to a technology-enabled, software-driven enterprise. Notably, he helped lead Global Payments’ merger with TSYS and the integration of the businesses in 2019. He also helped lead the acquisition and integration of Heartland Payment Systems, the second largest transaction in Global Payments’ history.

Prior to joining Global Payments, Josh spent more than a decade in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. During his tenure, he assisted management teams, boards of directors and special committees on a wide range of advisory and financing assignments.

Josh holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from The College of William & Mary and earned his Master of Science in finance from London Business School. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife and two children.