MasterCard Europe today announced that it has appointed
Pedro Rangel as Group Head of Marketing and Paul Vandermoere as Head
of Communications. Both newly-created, Brussels-based positions are
effective immediately.
Javier Perez, President of MasterCard Europe, commented: "I am
delighted to welcome Pedro and Paul to the European team, in what has
been a momentous year for MasterCard. We have made the major
transition to a publicly traded company and launched a new corporate
brand. Pedro and Paul both now have a critical role to play in
promoting the 'new' face of MasterCard to our external and internal
audiences."
Rangel was most recently Senior Business Leader, Marketing, for
MasterCard's Latin America and Caribbean Region, based in Miami. Prior
to joining MasterCard in 2005, he was Vice President Global Marketing
for Lufthansa. Before that, he spent 18 years with Procter & Gamble,
in various marketing positions across South America.
In his new role, Rangel will be responsible for the strategic
management of MasterCard Europe's brand-building, promotional
programmes; customer marketing; sponsorship and events; investment
strategies and other marketing activities. He will report jointly to
Perez and MasterCard Worldwide Chief Marketing Officer, Lawrence
Flanagan, who is based in Purchase, New York.
Vandermoere joins MasterCard with 15 years' experience in various
international public relations and communications management positions
with Lufthansa throughout Europe, where he was most recently Director
of Communications, Europe & CIS, based in Brussels. Between 2003 and
2005, he was assigned as General Manager Communications to the
Association of European Airlines (AEA) in Brussels.
In his new role, Vandermoere will be responsible for developing
and implementing internal and external communications strategies
across Europe. He will report jointly to Perez and MasterCard
Worldwide Group Executive of Communications, Harvey Greisman, who is
based in Purchase, New York.
About MasterCard Worldwide
MasterCard Worldwide advances global commerce by providing a
critical economic link among financial institutions, businesses,
cardholders and merchants worldwide. As a franchisor, processor and
advisor, MasterCard develops and markets payment solutions, processes
approximately 14 billion transactions each year, and provides
industry-leading analysis and consulting services to financial
institution customers and merchants. Through its family of brands,
including MasterCard(R), Maestro(R) and Cirrus(R), MasterCard
Worldwide serves consumers and businesses in more than 210 countries
and territories. For more information, go to
www.mastercardworldwide.com.
