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Hans Morris

Managing Director

At General Atlantic since 2009

Education: Dartmouth College

Former Position: President; Visa Inc.

Hans Morris is a Managing Director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, where he leads the firm's efforts in the Financial Services sector.

Mr. Morris served as president of Visa Inc. from 2007-2009, joining Visa as it undertook a reorganization which merged several separate businesses into a new company.   In March of 2008, Visa completed an offering of 51% of the company for $19.7 billion. Mr. Morris' primary responsibilities included managing all of the markets in which Visa did business, and all sales and marketing.

Mr. Morris previously spent 27 years at Citigroup and its predecessor companies in several operating and management roles.  In his final position, he was CFO and head of finance, technology and operations for Citi Markets and Banking.  From 2000 until 2002, he was vice chairman, chief operating officer, and head of client management of the Investment Banking Division at Salomon Smith Barney, and for many years he was the head of the financial institutions group within the investment bank.

Mr. Morris graduated from Dartmouth College, and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art,  a trustee of Jacobs Pillow, and a member of the Board of Overseers at the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.

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