AXP · NYSE

American Express

Consumer Finance · New York City, New York · founded 1850

Board members
14
CEO
Stephen J. Squeri
Insider buys, 12 mo
$0
Insider sales, 12 mo
$179.4M

Board of directors (14)

Directors with a Section 16 filing in the last 13 months. “Since” is the first filing as a director; SEC data sets start in 2016.

Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEOsince Nov 2018
Daniel Vasella
Directorsince 2016 or earlier+1 S&P board
Theodore Leonsis
Directorsince 2016 or earlier
John Joseph Brennan
Directorsince Jan 2017
Christopher David Young
Directorsince Mar 2018+1 S&P board
Lynn Ann Pike
Directorsince Jan 2020
Karen L. Parkhill
Directorsince Feb 2020
Jr Charles E. Phillips
Directorsince Dec 2020+1 S&P board
Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
Directorsince Feb 2021+1 S&P board
Lisa W. Wardell
Directorsince Mar 2021
Deborah P. Majoras
Directorsince Dec 2022+1 S&P board
Michael J. Angelakis
Directorsince Mar 2025
Randal K. Quarles
Directorsince Jul 2025
Noel R. Wallace
Directorsince Jul 2025+1 S&P board

Executive officers (16)

Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEOsince 2016 or earlier
Christophe Le Caillec
Chief Financial Officersince Aug 2023
Douglas E. Buckminster
Vice Chairmansince 2016 or earlier
Laureen Seeger
Chief Legal Officersince Aug 2016
Elizabeth Rutledge
Chief Marketing Officersince Feb 2018
Denise Pickett
Pres., Enterprise Shared Serv.since Feb 2018
Anna Marrs
Group Pres., GMNSsince Sep 2018
Monique Herena
Chief Colleague Exp. Officersince Apr 2019
Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.since Sep 2019
Jennifer Skyler
Chief Corp. Affairs Officersince Nov 2019
Quinn Jessica Lieberman
EVP - Controllersince Feb 2020
Ravikumar Radhakrishnan
Chief Information Officersince Feb 2022
Rafael Marquez
President, International Cardsince Dec 2022
Howard Grosfield
Group Pres., U.S. Cons. Serv.since Dec 2022
Glenda G. McNeal
Chief Partner Officersince Feb 2024
Douglas Tabish
Chief Risk Officersince May 2024

Company facts

Chair
Stephen J. Squeri
In S&P 500 since
Jun 1976
Incorporated in
NY
Fiscal year ends
December
SEC industry
Finance Services
SEC filings
EDGAR

Connections to other S&P 500 companies

Current directors and officers who also hold a role at another S&P 500 company.

Major holders (5% or more)

Latest Schedule 13D/13G filing per holder. Holders that reported falling below 5% are not shown. Index funds usually report once a year.

No 5% holder filings parsed yet for this company.

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales reported on Form 4. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded.

Buys, 12 mo
$0
0 trades · 0 insiders
Sales, 12 mo
$179.4M
24 trades · 10 insiders
Net, 12 mo
-$179.4M
Data through
Nov 4, 2026
latest trade shown
DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
Nov 4, 2026Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEO
Sale7,851$330.52$2.6M
Nov 4, 2026Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEO
Sale85,245$331.64$28.3M
Nov 4, 2026Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEO
Sale200,791$332.42$66.7M
Nov 4, 2026Stephen J. Squeri
Chairman and CEO
Sale5,514$332.98$1.8M
Nov 2, 2026Laureen Seeger
Chief Legal Officer
Sale69,860$328.17$22.9M
Nov 2, 2026Anna Marrs
Group Pres., GMNS
Sale14,630$326.63$4.8M
Nov 2, 2026Anna Marrs
Group Pres., GMNS
Sale16,833$327.25$5.5M
Nov 2, 2026Anna Marrs
Group Pres., GMNS
Sale13,447$327.77$4.4M
Aug 18, 2026Monique Herena
Chief Colleague Exp. Officer
Sale8,811$337.41$3.0M
Jun 15, 2026Glenda G. McNeal
Chief Partner Officer
Sale7,033$339.36$2.4M
Mar 13, 2026Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale16$301.27$5K
Mar 6, 2026Quinn Jessica Lieberman
EVP - Controller
Sale3,032$300.02$910K
Mar 2, 2026Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale24$309.85$7K
Feb 19, 2026Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale3,348$341.95$1.1M
Feb 19, 2026Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale4,977$341.14$1.7M
Feb 19, 2026Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale2,840$340.03$966K
Feb 19, 2026Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale2,835$338.98$961K
Feb 12, 2026Howard Grosfield
Group Pres., U.S. Cons. Serv.
Sale8,134$346.73$2.8M
Feb 9, 2026Ravikumar Radhakrishnan
Chief Information Officer
Sale8,362$356.14$3.0M
Feb 9, 2026Ravikumar Radhakrishnan
Chief Information Officer
Sale6,638$357.13$2.4M
Feb 9, 2026Laureen Seeger
Chief Legal Officer
Sale12,737$360.99$4.6M
Feb 5, 2026Denise Pickett
Pres., Enterprise Shared Serv.
Sale23,385$356.91$8.3M
Feb 5, 2026Anna Marrs
Group Pres., GMNS
Sale27,425$350.01$9.6M
Dec 12, 2025Raymond Joabar
Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv.
Sale1,400$384.93$539K
Oct 31, 2025Elizabeth Rutledge
Chief Marketing Officer
Sale1,083$356.94$387K

Board and executive changes

Every 8-K with Item 5.02 (departure, election or appointment of directors and officers). The text is the first paragraph of the item.

  1. Sep 29, 2025

    (b) On September 29, 2025, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Douglas E. Buckminster will be retiring after a distinguished career with American Express. Mr. Buckminster will remain in his role as Vice Chairman until his retirement from the Company in March 2026. A copy of the Company’s newsroom post announcing the retirement of Mr. Buckminster is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

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  2. Jul 23, 2025

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Randal K. Quarles and Noel Wallace as directors of the Company, effective July 23, 2025. Mr. Quarles will serve as a member of the Board’s Nominating, Governance and Public Responsibility Committee and Risk Committee and Mr. Wallace will serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee and Compensation and Benefits Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Messrs. Quarles and Wallace is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Messrs.

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  3. Mar 3, 2025

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Michael J. Angelakis as a director of the Company, effective March 3, 2025. Mr. Angelakis will serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee and Nominating, Governance and Public Responsibility Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Angelakis is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Angelakis and members of his immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time.

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  4. Jan 30, 2025

    (b) On January 30, 2025, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Anré Williams, Group President, Enterprise Services, will be leaving American Express after a distinguished 35-year career with the Company. Mr. Williams will cease serving in his role as Group President effective February 3, 2025, and will remain with the Company as Senior Executive Advisor until November 2025. A copy of the Company’s newsroom post regarding Mr. Williams and other organizational changes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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  5. May 8, 2024

    (e) On May 6, 2024, American Express Company (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Second Amended and Restated American Express Company 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”) to, among other things, increase the number of common shares of the Company available for issuance under the Plan by 15 million shares and extend the expiration date of the Plan to May 6, 2034. For a description of the principal terms of the Plan, see “Item 4: Approval of the Second Amended and Restated American Express Company 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan” in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 15, 2024 for the Annual Meeting, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

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  6. Jul 28, 2023

    (e) On July 25, 2023, the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) approved the following compensation for Christophe Le Caillec in connection with his previously announced appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 14, 2023: an annual base salary of $750,000; eligibility to earn an annual cash incentive award under the Company’s Annual Incentive Award program with a target of $2.35 million (which target amount will be pro-rated for 2023); and eligibility, beginning in 2024, to earn an annual long-term incentive award with a value of $4.4 million on the date of grant, consisting of performance restricted stock units ($3,520,000) and stock options ($880,000) under the Company’s 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. -2-

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  7. Jun 27, 2023

    (b) On June 27, 2023, American Express Company (“American Express” or the “Company”) announced that Jeffrey C. Campbell will be retiring after a distinguished career with American Express and as a public company CFO. Mr. Campbell will remain in his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company until August 14, 2023 and as Vice Chairman until his retirement from the Company in March 2024. (c) On June 27, 2023, the Company also announced the appointment of Christophe Le Caillec as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 14, 2023. Mr. Le Caillec, age 57, has been the Company’s Deputy CFO since December 2021 and has served as the Head of Corporate Planning since February 2019. Prior thereto, Mr. Le Caillec was the Business CFO for the Global Consumer Services Group from May 2016 to February 2019. A copy of the press release announcing the retirement of Mr.

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  8. Dec 8, 2022

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Deborah Platt Majoras as a director of the Company, effective December 7, 2022. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Majoras is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms. Majoras and members of her immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to her election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time. These may include ordinary course merchant relationships pursuant to which these companies accept the Company’s credit and charge cards and pay the Company fees when their customers use these cards.

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  9. Nov 2, 2022

    (e) On October 31, 2022, the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of American Express Company (“American Express” or the “Company”) approved a special grant of performance-based, non-qualified stock options under the Company’s 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan to each of the following “named executive officers” of the Company (as determined by reference to the Company’s proxy statement in respect of its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders): Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with a grant date fair value of $15.0 million; Anré D. Williams, Group President, Enterprise Services and CEO of American Express National Bank, with a grant date fair value of $4.5 million; and Laureen E. Seeger, Chief Legal Officer, with a grant date fair value of $3.5 million.

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  10. Oct 6, 2022

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Walter Joseph “Jay” Clayton as a director of the Company, effective October 5, 2022. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Clayton is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Clayton and members of his immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time. These may include ordinary course merchant relationships pursuant to which these companies accept the Company’s credit and charge cards and pay the Company fees when their customers use these cards.

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  11. Apr 28, 2021

    On April 28, 2021, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Anré Williams, age 55, as Group President, Enterprise Services, effective immediately. As Group President, Enterprise Services, Mr. Williams will oversee Technology, Enterprise Data and Analytics, Global Services and Travel & Lifestyle Services, and a newly created Strategic Enterprise Initiatives group, as well as be the Chief Executive Officer of American Express National Bank. Prior to his appointment as Group President, Enterprise Services, Mr. Williams served as Group President, Global Merchant and Network Services since February 2018. Prior thereto, he had been President of Global Merchant Services and Loyalty since October 2015. The Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase to Mr.

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  12. Mar 9, 2021

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) has elected Lisa W. Wardell as a director of the Company, effective March 8, 2021. Ms. Wardell will serve as a member of the Board’s Risk Committee. Ms. Wardell will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Wardell is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms.

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  13. Jan 27, 2021

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) has elected Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. as a director of the Company, effective January 27, 2021. Mr. Baltimore will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Baltimore is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr.

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  14. Oct 26, 2020

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Charles Phillips as a director of the Company, effective December 1, 2020. Mr. Phillips will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Phillips is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr.

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  15. May 7, 2020

    (e) On May 5, 2020, American Express Company (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Amended and Restated American Express Company 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”) to, among other things, increase the number of common shares of the Company available for issuance under the Plan by 7 million shares. In addition, provisions related to the qualified performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which was repealed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, were eliminated.

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  1. Feb 7, 2020

    (b)(c) On February 7, 2020, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Richard Petrino, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, will become the Chief Operating Officer of American Express National Bank and that Jessica Lieberman Quinn, age 47, has been appointed Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, each effective as of the business day following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Ms. Lieberman Quinn has served as the Business Chief Financial Officer for Global Commercial Services since February 2019 and prior thereto was Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning & Analysis since 2014. A copy of the press release announcing these organizational changes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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  2. Jan 29, 2020

    (d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Karen Parkhill as a director of the Company, effective January 29, 2020. Ms. Parkhill will serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee. Ms. Parkhill will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2019. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Parkhill is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms.

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  3. Dec 17, 2019

    (d) On December 11, 2019, the Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Lynn A. Pike as a director of the Company, effective January 1, 2020. Ms. Pike will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2019. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Pike is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms.

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  4. Jan 25, 2019

    (e) On January 22, 2019, the Compensation and Benefits Committee of our Board of Directors approved an increase in the target value of the annual long-term incentive awards eligible to be earned by Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, from $10.2 million to $12.2 million. Mr. Squeri's base salary and annual cash incentive award target remain unchanged. On January 22, 2019, the Compensation and Benefits Committee also approved an increase to the annual base salary (effective March 1, 2019) of Douglas E. Buckminster, Group President, Global Consumer Services, from $900,000 per annum to $1,000,000 per annum. In addition, Mr. Buckminster will be eligible to earn an annual cash incentive award of $3.7 million and annual long-term incentive awards consisting of performance restricted stock units and stock options with a target value of $4.8 million. -2-

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  5. Mar 28, 2018

    (b)(c) On March 28, 2018, American Express Company (the "Company") announced the appointment of Richard Petrino, age 50, as Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Petrino has served as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Operational Risk and Oversight since May 2016 and prior thereto was Senior Vice President, Head of Global Capital Markets and Basel Program from 2014 to 2016 and Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning & Investor Relations from 2007 to 2014. Prior to joining the Company in 1996, Mr. Petrino worked for CS First Boston and KPMG, where he was a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Petrino will assume the position of Principal Accounting Officer from David Fabricant, who has been the Acting Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr.

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  6. Mar 13, 2018

    (d) The Board of Directors of the American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Christopher D. Youn g, CEO of McAfee, LLC, a s a director of the Company effective March 13, 2018. Mr. Young will serve as a member of the Board’s Innovation and Technology Committee and Risk Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Young is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Young is a director, employee and/or has equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time.

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  7. Mar 1, 2018

    (b)(c) On February 28, 2018, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Linda Zukauckas, Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company will become the Executive Vice President, Business CFO Group and Deputy Chief Financial Officer and David Fabricant, age 47, will assume the position of Acting Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, each effective March 19, 2018. Mr. Fabricant has been Senior Vice President, Controllership since March 2017 and prior thereto led several controllership teams since joining the Company in 2011. -1-

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  8. Jan 24, 2017

    (d) On January 24, 2017, the Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected John J. Brennan as a director of the Company. Mr. Brennan will serve as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Risk Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Brennan is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Brennan and members of his immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time.

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  9. May 2, 2016

    Director or officer change (Item 5.02). Open the filing for details.

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Proxy statements (DEF 14A): 2026 · 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021

Share price

$320.99+404% since 2016 board/officer change filed
69.8121836520172019202120232025

Annual financials

From the company's 10-K XBRL data (SEC companyfacts).

Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeMarginDiluted EPSTotal assets
FY2025$41.3B$10.8B26.2%$15.38$300.1B
FY2024$38.8B$10.1B26.1%$14.01$271.5B
FY2023$37.2B$8.4B22.5%$11.21$261.1B
FY2022$34.2B$7.5B22.0%$9.85$228.4B
FY2021$27.7B$8.1B29.1%$10.02$189.0B
FY2020$22.0B$3.1B14.3%$3.77$191.0B
FY2019$28.2B$6.8B24.0%$7.99$198.0B
FY2018$26.6B$6.9B26.0%—$189.0B

Former directors and officers (28)

People who stopped filing as an insider of this company. “Last filing” is the last Form 3/4/5, an upper bound on when they left.

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Express Co American
DirectorOct 2026 – Oct 2026
Walter Joseph Clayton III
DirectorOct 2022 – Apr 2025
Anre D. Williams
Group Pres., Enterprise Serv.2016 or earlier – Jan 2025
Jeffrey C. Campbell
Vice Chairman2016 or earlier – Jan 2024
David Nigro
Chief Risk OfficerMay 2021 – Jan 2024
Peter Chernin
DirectorMay 2016 – May 2023
Ralph De La Vega
DirectorMay 2016 – May 2023
Michael O. Leavitt
Director2016 or earlier – May 2022
Charlene Barshefsky
DirectorMay 2016 – May 2022
Ronald A. Williams
Director2016 or earlier – Feb 2022
Marc D. Gordon
Chief Information Officer2016 or earlier – Feb 2022
Anne Lauvergeon
Director2016 or earlier – Apr 2021
Richard Petrino
EVP - Corporate ControllerApr 2018 – Jan 2020
Paul D. Fabara
Pres., Global Services Group2016 or earlier – Jul 2019
Michael John O'Neill
Chief Corp. Affairs Officer2016 or earlier – Apr 2019
L. Kevin Cox
Chief Human Resources Officer2016 or earlier – Jan 2019
Gabrielle Vitale
Interim CRO and Pres, GRBC GrpJun 2018 – Jun 2018
Richard C. Levin
DirectorMay 2016 – May 2018
Samuel J. Palmisano
DirectorMay 2016 – May 2018
Robert D. Walter
DirectorMay 2016 – Apr 2018
James Peter Bush
Senior Advisor to the CEO2016 or earlier – Feb 2018
Linda Zukauckas
EVP & Corporate Comptroller2016 or earlier – Jan 2018
Kenneth I. Chenault
Chairman & CEO2016 or earlier – Jan 2018
Susan Sobbott
Pres., Glbl Commercial Pymnts2016 or earlier – Jan 2018
Ashwini Gupta
Pres, Crdt Risk/Glbl Info Mgt2016 or earlier – Jan 2018
Ursula M. Burns
Director2016 or earlier – Jan 2018
John D. Hayes
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer2016 or earlier – Feb 2016
Frank P. Popoff
Insider2016 or earlier – Jan 2016
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