Mexico City, Mexico, December 2025 – Alejandra L. has assumed the role of Vice President, Security Solutions North LAC at Mastercard, marking a significant leadership elevation within Mastercard’s Latin America and Caribbean operations. In her new role, she will lead regional security solutions strategy across identity, fraud prevention, and payment risk innovation, strengthening Mastercard’s commitment to secure, trusted digital commerce across North LAC markets.
In her current leadership role at Mastercard, Alejandra is responsible for driving regional security solutions, overseeing product strategy, market deployment, and innovation across fraud prevention, identity, and payments risk management for North LAC. She previously served as Director of Product Management, Identity Solutions LAC, where she led the design and rollout of advanced identity and authentication platforms supporting secure digital payment ecosystems.
Prior to Mastercard, Alejandra served as Head of MX Payments Risk at DiDi, where she led fraud prevention and payments risk strategies for the Mexico market, significantly strengthening platform security and customer trust.
She spent over five years at Scotiabank, where she held senior leadership roles including Senior Manager, Fraud Risk and Authorizations MX & CAM and Fraud Risk and Authorizations Manager, leading enterprise fraud mitigation frameworks and authorizations governance across Mexico and Central America.
Earlier in her career, Alejandra built strong financial crime and compliance expertise at Citi (Banamex), serving in AML operations and financial intelligence roles, and began her professional journey at Banco de México, contributing to national banking infrastructure initiatives.
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Through secure, smart, and accessible digital payment solutions, Mastercard enables people, businesses, and governments to realize their greatest potential while building a sustainable and inclusive digital economy.
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