Graham Macmillan

Graham Macmillan is the President of the Visa Foundation where he is responsible for developing and executing the Foundation’s grantmaking and impact investing strategy in support of its mission to help low-income and financially underserved small businesses around the world. Additionally, he oversees all of the Foundation's activities addressing broader community needs and humanitarian crisis response. To this role, he brings 25 years of experience leading purpose-driven work in the private and public sector with global institutions.

Previously, Macmillan was Senior Program Officer for Mission Investments at the Ford Foundation responsible for impact investment initiatives, a global philanthropic investment portfolio, and programmatic strategy. Prior to the Ford Foundation, he was Director of Corporate Citizen Partnerships at Citi, partnering with business units to build Citi’s reputation and contributions to economic progress. Macmillan joined Citi as the Senior Program Officer for Financial Inclusion where he managed the Foundation's international grantmaking program in nearly 90 countries while also leading investments in innovation, thought leadership and research. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Village Capital and ROC USA while previously serving as two-term member of the Executive Committee of the Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs.

Macmillan received his BA from Colby College, his MSc from New York University's (NYU) Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and an MBA through a joint program at NYU Stern School of Business, London School of Economics and HEC Paris School of Management.