Jairo Riveros, MBA, is the President for the Americas and Head of Strategy at Paysend, a global FinTech innovator. Renowned for his visionary leadership and expertise in payments, pensions, insurance, and investment strategy, Jairo plays a pivotal role in redefining the future of financial services through disruptive thinking and data-driven growth.

At Paysend, Jairo leads strategic direction, licensing, and business development across the Americas. He has a proven track record of scaling global fintech operations, structuring high-impact partnerships, and guiding market entry initiatives across Latin America and beyond.

Previously, Jairo held senior leadership roles at AIMCo, TIAA, and MasterCard Worldwide, where he led growth strategies, doubled firm assets, and helped shape product impact models. His experience includes advising global pension funds, driving consumer-finance models with analytics, and developing frameworks for non-financial issuers of payment products.

A TRIUM Global Executive MBA graduate (NYU Stern, LSE, HEC Paris), Jairo also serves as an independent board director at Skandia LATAM Pensions and contributes actively to financial education and inclusion initiatives. A sought-after public speaker, he is recognized for his insights on cross-border payments, emerging market strategy, and FinTech disruption.