Claire Alexandre

Claire Alexandre heads PayPal’s International Government Relations team covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and large parts of Asia Pacific. Based in Luxembourg, she is also part of PayPal Europe’s leadership team. She has been at the forefront of promoting financial access and enabling innovative financial service schemes. She was previously with Vodafone, where she supported the development of the mobile payment and money transfer service M-Pesa in Africa, Asia and Europe: first while in charge of financial services policy and regulation, and then as the Head of the Commercial and Strategy team. Claire was also a Senior Program Officer for Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, leading their policy and regulatory strategy and programs. Prior to that, Claire held various policy and regulatory positions promoting an enabling environment for digital and mobile services in London, Brussels, Copenhagen and Stockholm.