Dubai: Visa has announced the appointment of Andrew Torre as regional president for its Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region, based in Dubai.

Torre, who previously led Visa’s sub-Saharan Africa business, will now oversee all of Visa’s operations in more than 90 countries across CEMEA and report to Ryan McInerney, Visa’s global president.

Torre will also sit on Visa’s global Operating Committee in San Francisco. Having previously worked with the World Bank in Kiev, Moscow and CIS territories, Torre has been with Visa since 2002, holding global roles in product, strategy and pricing, as well as general manager roles in Russia and sub-Saharan Africa.