As Head of EMEA Partnerships for Stripe, Ellen leads the team responsible for Stripe’s financial and product partnerships across the region. This spans the company’s extensive work with card networks, payment methods, banks, and other technology companies. Before relocating to London with Stripe in 2019, Ellen led Stripe’s banking partnerships team out of San Francisco. Prior to joining Stripe in 2015, Ellen worked in business development at Marqeta, through their transition from a consumer loyalty card to a leading global issuer processor, and at Visa.