Ali Bailoun
SVP & Group Country Manager | Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman @ Visa
About
As an SVP & Group Country Manager for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman. I oversee Visa’s strategy and operations across some of the region’s most dynamic markets. I focus on driving sustainable business growth, optimizing resources, and building long-term partnerships with clients, fintechs, digital banks, governments, and regulators to advance cashless payments and accelerate digital transformation.With more than 20 years of experience in payments, banking, and management, I’m committed to helping issuers, acquirers, merchants, and government stakeholders unlock new opportunities for profitability and scale. Since joining Visa in 2012, I’ve been proud to support the company’s strategic expansion and contribute to its vision across key markets in the GCC.
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Saudi Arabia
Information Technology & Services
Advertising, Analysis, Banking, Branding , Business Development, CRM, Corporate Branding, Retail, Forecasting, Management, Market Planning, Marketing Strategy, Team Management, Corporate Communications, Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Internal Communications, Marketing, Marketing Communications, Marketing Management
Experience

Regional General Manager - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman
Saudi Arabia
• Member of Visa Regional management Leadership team. • Developing, Executing, and Managing commercial strategy and tactical business plan, considering the market opportunity/growth potential, competitor activity, existing capabilities, and risk appetite. • Responsible for Saudi Arabia Visa operation and business covering private and government sectors. • Increasing Market share despite our market leadership with consistently exceeding targets through tripling the business revenue in the last 5 years • Turnaround strategic partnerships and ventures by winning majority deals in the market • Design and execute strategies for key business initiatives in KSA, including business diversification, payment product development and innovation, and local processing. • Monitor the local development of various industries including payments, banking and financial services, and technology/big data for trends and other factors with the potential to impact Visa’s current and future business • Identify success factors for business growth, develop tactical plans to achieve defined goals, and design and implement effective sales strategies. • Identify and prioritize new business opportunities in market and determine the appropriate level of resource investment to pursue effectively. • Lead Visa’s strategy with governments, central banks, and other regulatory institutions. Engage these entities effectively to maximize Visa’s influence within the electronic payments industry. • Broadly represent Visa across multiple areas from sales to regulatory affairs to corporate and social responsibility by speaking at conferences and business forums and undertaking media/public relations activities to drive positive perceptions of the company. • Responsible for client sales in the country, enabling and supporting country teams as required including the design, negotiation, and successful signing of long-term partnership agreements.

Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication
Duties: • Manage the marketing and corporate communication functions (Marketing, Public Relation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Internal Communication, Corporate brand, publication and Media management) leading a 20+ team members and responsibilities include: Launching multichannel campaigns Holistic communication solutions Strategic business planning Forecasting, scheduling and planning Marketing strategic approach Project analysis, design and development CRM implementation plan Financials • Member of the banks marketing committee in SAMA (Saudi Arabian Monterey agency/central bank).

Head of Marketing and Research
• Responsible for the planning, development and delivery of strategic marketing activities. • Develop and lead marketing planning for all business units. • Manage the internal relationship with different business units as well as the external relationships with creative agencies, vendors and key partners related to marketing and research. • Acts as brand guardian, ensuring consistency of identity and messages across all media channels. • Supervise marketing team, delegate tasks to appropriate team member(s), and adhere to budget.Loyalty Program • Undertake regular research into key aspects of the business and upon different business needs. • Support businesses in the product development and customer analysis • Manage the marketing budget through carefully targeted campaigns • Ensure that the department operate within the agreed overall marketing budget
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