Our Executives

J.K. Khalil
General Manager, MENA East

J.K. Khalil is the General Manager of MENA East responsible for the UAE, Pakistan, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman at Mastercard. He has over 18 years of tech, banking, consulting and payments experience, having held a number of roles across multinational banks, top tier consulting firms and tech start-ups.

In his previous role at Mastercard, he was the General Manager of MENA Central, and before that he was the Mastercard Advisors region lead for MENA Central.

Prior to Mastercard, J.K. was a senior manager with Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company), where he was a principal in their financial services practice and focused on the wealth management, risk and digital verticals in particular. Before joining Booz & Company in 2012, he held a number of positions at Barclays Bank including strategy and cross-asset derivatives sales.

In 2021, J.K. was recognized in Arabian Business’ Young Achievers List (formerly known as 40 under 40), profiling young leaders who are making their mark in the GCC and the wider region.

He holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Chicago (Booth) and is the President of the GCC Alumni Club chapter. He also holds a Computer Systems & Networks Engineering Degree from the St. Joseph University in Beirut.