Doug Leighton

Doug Leighton is the former Head of Visa’s Community Account segment, where he led a 50-person team responsible for the sales and relationship management of ~7,500 U.S.-based Community Banks and Credit Unions. In that role, he coordinated a variety of efforts designed to provide the best of Visa’s products, services, resources, and people – all tailored to drive winning payment deployments for credit unions.

Since leaving Visa, Doug has focused on a variety of passions; advising fintechs that are committing to Community Financial Institution success, curating events bringing fintechs and Community Financial Institutions together, supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts in financial services, and providing thought leadership on managers and their direct impact on employee well being and psychological safety.


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