Overview

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Himanshu Patel is First Data’s Chief Financial Officer, a role he was appointed to in September 2015. He is a member of First Data’s Management Committee and reports directly to CEO Frank Bisignano. Patel previously served as First Data’s Executive Vice President of Strategy, Planning & Business Development since June 2013.

Since joining First Data, Patel has overseen the execution of a number of strategic acquisitions and initiatives for the company, and has been actively engaged in setting the company’s financial strategy. He played a pivotal role in the strengthening of the company’s balance sheet through a $3.5 billion private equity raise completed in July 2014, and a number of debt refinancings over the past 12 months.

Before joining First Data in mid-2013, Patel was at JPMorgan Chase & Co. for 16 years, most recently as a Managing Director leading strategy for the Chase mortgage banking division. Prior to this, from 2001 to 2011, he was a senior equity analyst for JPMorgan. Patel is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor of Science in finance and marketing from New York University’s Stern School of Business.