Mehmet Eryilmaz is Vice President at Mastercard focusing on real-time payments and new payment platforms business development. He is responsible for guiding Mastercard global sales team efforts for payments infrastructure and application solutions. Mehmet also leads the “Request to Pay” product business development in the UK. He is based in London. Before joining Mastercard, Mehmet spent 17 years as a management consultant focusing on payments and retail banking. He has advised numerous organizations across topics ranging from corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, market development and business transformations. He held leadership roles in business development and client delivery. Mehmet holds a BA from Knox College, USA and an MBA from Roosevelt University, USA.