Timothy H. Murphy is President, U.S. Region, for MasterCard Worldwide. In this capacity, Mr. Murphy is responsible for building all aspects of MasterCard business in the United States. The U.S. Region is MasterCard Worldwide’s largest region, generating approximately half of the company’s gross dollar volume.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Murphy was Group Executive of Customer Business Planning & Analysis. He was responsible for business planning; financial analysis and reporting; business agreement risk review; global pricing strategy; sales development and communications; and technology investment management and control.

Previously, Mr. Murphy was Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for MasterCard. In this role, he was responsible for the legal support of the Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean, and SAMEA regions and for the legal affairs of Audit, Global Finance, Global Key Accounts and Worldwide Marketing. In addition, he managed MasterCard’s legal compliance with Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations and for corporate governance matters. Earlier, Mr. Murphy was Vice President and Senior Counsel of MasterCard.

Before joining MasterCard in 2000, Mr. Murphy was an Associate in the New York and London offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, an international law firm, where he represented clients in connection with securities and capital markets transactions.

Prior to law school, Mr. Murphy held positions with Common Ground Community HDFC, Inc., a non-profit housing developer in New York City and The Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Murphy is a member of the Bar in New York and Connecticut. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1995 and magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1989. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Amherst.