Melinda was appointed as the Managing Director of Merchant Services at Lloyds Banking Group in 2023. Together with the team, Melinda is responsible for delivering part of the Business & Commercial Banking payments strategy, including developing products and propositions for card acquiring (Cardnet) payment types, Embedded Finance and enabling customers to do business with ease. Melinda is also proud to be leading deliverance of the Cardnet Accelerated Growth Plan and the exciting aspirations the team aim to achieve in the next few years.
Melinda brings deep payments and financial technology experience, having worked in financial services companies including Square and PayPal, as well as Global Head of Small & Medium Businesses at Afterpay. Melinda also has breadth of strategic leadership experience from her time as the General Manager, UK and Ireland for Uber and was in Lloyds in 2006 as a Senior Manager in Cards and Payments.
Melinda’s interests include travelling, snowboarding, modern art and food and wine.
