About Elavon

Shailesh Kotwal is vice chair, U.S. Bancorp Payment Services. Appointed to the position in March 2015, Kowal leads a division that provides digital and card-based payment and money movement capabilities to consumers, businesses and institutions of all sizes in North America and Europe. Kotwal has more than 30 years of experience in international financial services. He has managed a number of businesses throughout in his career including consumer banking, payments and cards, wealth management, insurance, mortgages, deposits and lending in 30 different countries across North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe.

Prior to his appointment at U.S. Bank, Kotwal served as executive vice president, Retail Banking Products and Services with TD Bank Group and also served as president, International for EFD│eFunds Corporation, a leader in electronic payment processing. For 18 years his impressive career at American Express included various senior management positions at American Express in New York, Europe and Asia Pacific, including divisional CFO and executive director and region head. Kotwal is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance. He serves on the board of Early Warning Systems (Zelle) and the New York City chapter of the American Red Cross

Jamie Walker has been with Elavon since 2001 and served as chief executive officer since 2017. He is responsible for Elavon’s global acquiring business, operating with more than 4,000 employees in the United States, Canada and throughout Europe.

Since joining Elavon, Walker’s leadership roles have spanned many areas. They include leading accounting operations, managing acquisitions and international expansion as chief financial officer, and assessing risk and opportunities for strategic growth in the role of chief administrative officer for U.S. Bank’s Payment Services division. Prior to Elavon, Walker was a senior accountant at Ernst & Young.

Walker holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Marketing from Emory University. He is active in the Atlanta community and serves on the board of directors for the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) and American Transaction Processors Coalition (ATPC). 

As chief financial officer at Elavon, Brian Mahony leads the financial strategy of the company and is responsible for finance, strategic planning, corporate development and project management.

Prior to his appointment, Mahony was the chief strategy officer, responsible for strategic planning, corporate development and transformation programs. He previously managed a number of business areas, including Elavon’s Mexico business, Product and Innovation, Marketing and Project Management.

Before joining Elavon in 2004, Mahony worked as a consultant for Vision Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In these roles, he helped executive teams refine strategy and delivered business and technology programs in the finance, entertainment and high-tech business sectors.

Mahony holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from University College Cork in Ireland and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a member of the Special Olympics Georgia Honorary Board.

As president and general manager for Elavon Merchant Services Europe, Hannah Fitzsimons is responsible for the revenue and growth of Elavon across Europe. She has over 20 years’ experience in the European payments industry, providing leadership to high-performing sales and customer management teams.

Fitzsimons joined Elavon in 2005 as head of International Sales. In 2011, her significant achievements were recognized by her appointment as European Business Development director and subsequently country manager for the UK and International Corporate business. She began her career at NatWest Bank and Citibank prior to joining Elavon.

Fitzsimons holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Politics from London Metropolitan University. She serves on Visa’s UK Council and the board of directors for P20. She is also a committed advisor and sponsor of the Global Association of Women in Payments.

In October 2019, Fitzsimons helped launch the U.S. Bank Women Business Resource Group in Europe where she acts as management advisor. In 2020 and 2021, she was named to PaymentsSource Most Influential Women in Payments list.

As Elavon’s chief information officer, Tom Phillips has global responsibility for all aspects of technology, including technology innovation, solution delivery, architecture and IT governance. He also oversees The Grove at Elavon – a dynamic, collaborative workspace focused on harvesting innovation in and around payments to help merchants grow their business.

Prior to joining Elavon in 2013, Phillips spent 20 years working internationally with Citibank in Asia Pacific and Europe, where he held senior roles in consumer banking technology.

Phillips holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and German from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.

As global chief operating officer, Toby Clements leads Elavon operations globally, with major centers in Denver, Knoxville, Dublin, Madrid and Warsaw, as well as card operations for U.S. Bank.

Prior to joining Elavon in 2017, Clements worked at Permanent TSB, the Irish retail bank, where he served as group chief operating officer since 2012, leading Technology, Operations, Change and Payment Services.

Prior to Permanent TSB, Clements was part of the founding leadership team of Tesco Bank, the largest and fastest-growing UK “Challenger Bank,” based in Edinburgh. He has also worked in management consulting and started his career with Barclays in London.

Clements has a Bachelor of Law from the University of Southampton and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD. He is also a Certified Bank Director and Fellow of the Institute of Banking.

As chief revenue officer and president of North America, Joe Myers is responsible for Elavon’s growth strategy, business development and all revenue-related activities across the company. He has held high-profile leadership positions in the payments industry for over 20 years, and is instrumental in the overall U.S. Bank payment solutions growth strategy that accounts for 30% of revenue.

Prior to joining Elavon in 2011, Myers was general manager of the automotive division at Experian, where he nurtured key relationships and engendered strategic partnerships that led to significant revenue growth.

Myers received a diploma in Marketing and Business Management from Damelin Business School in South Africa. He serves on the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Georgia and is also an executive sponsor of the U.S. Bank Black Heritage Business Resource Group in Atlanta. 

As head of Human Resources, Tiffany Eckert is responsible for Elavon’s global HR organization. Prior to assuming her current position, she was vice president of HR supporting Elavon’s North America business. 

Before joining Elavon, Eckert held positions in Employee Relations and Training at the Ohio State University Department of Physical Facilities. 

Eckert holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Ohio State University.  

Robert Blair leads global product and innovation for Elavon. He and his teams focus on delivering market-leading payment and commerce solutions to the company's markets in North America and Europe.

Prior to his appointment, Blair was the senior vice president of Global Strategic Partnerships and head of Elavon Mexico, providing leadership for the largest and most complex network partnerships globally and overseeing Elavon’s Mexico business.

Before joining Elavon in 2017, Blair was the head of Card Business Units and Treasury Product Management for SunTrust Bank where he was responsible for merchant acquiring and leading product management for wholesale payment and deposit products.

Prior to that, Blair was chief information officer (CIO) and head of Product for Vital Processing Services, now known as TSYS Acquiring Solutions.

He received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of North Florida. 

As head of acquiring risk and compliance, Chad Calvin is responsible for providing a holistic view on business line risks as well as U.S. Bank risk framework implementation within the business. He leads a team that assesses new industry trends and emerging risks across Elavon. Calvin is also responsible for driving business enablement through business line engagement while maintaining risk frameworks that address regulatory, operational and reputational risks across the organization.

Prior to his appointment in March 2020, Calvin served as senior vice president and held program and project management positions across Audit, Controller, Treasury, Mortgage and Compliance divisions at U.S. Bank from June 2007 until March 2020.

Calvin holds a bachelor’s degree in in Finance and Entrepreneurship from University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in Business Administration from University of St. Thomas. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified SAFe Agilist (SA). Calvin serves on the American Transaction Processors Coalition (ATPC) COVID-19 Task Force and U.S. Bank Dynamic Dozen Alumni Board, and is ethics ambassador for U.S. Bank Payment Services.

Lauren Giles is senior vice president and associate general counsel at U.S. Bank and chief counsel of the bank’s payment processing and merchant acquiring subsidiary Elavon. She has overall responsibility for the bank’s Retail Payment Solutions business, as well as the global Elavon legal team.

Giles joined Elavon in January 2020 from Alston & Bird, where she was a partner on the Payment Systems team and co-leader of the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology team. While at Alston & Bird, she specialized in payment card issuing and acquiring, merchant processing and new payment product development. In particular, she focused on the development of person-to-person and faster payment systems.

Giles has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Creative Writing from Emory University and a Juris Doctorate from New York University Law School. She is a member of the National Leadership Board of the Michael C. Carlos Museum.