Kimberly Kadlec

Kimberly Kadlec the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Platforms & Capabilities Visa. Prior to Visa from Publicis Groupe, where she was the President, Global Solutions.

In her current role at Visa, Kadlec is responsible for shaping the strategy multiple marketing platforms, including Advertising Agency and Content Centers of Excellence, Data, and Tech, and Visa.com thereby creating assets, programs and capabilities to drive the success of Visa’s global efforts.

Before joining Visa, Kadlec led Publicis Groupe’s Global Network Client practice, where she created seamless global connectivity for multiple clients, ensuring leadership, strategy, and top-to-top connections across all areas of expertise including creative, digital, media, and technology.

Prior to Publicis, Kadlec was the Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at AOL, where as part of CEO Tim Armstrong’s leadership team, she developed content and data partnerships. She also spent eight years at Johnson & Johnson in a variety of roles in global brand architecture, marketing communications, brand experience, digital marketing, and investment strategy across the consumer, medical device/diagnostics, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Kadlec has received many industry accolades, including “Top 50 Women in Brand Marketing” by Brand Innovators in 2014 and Huffington Post’s “Top Ten Social CMO’s 2013”.