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Stephanie Bandyk (’14) | Director UKI Strategy & Market Development at Mastercard | London, UK

Hi fellow Deacs! I’m Stephanie, a WFU ’14 graduate with a BA in Politics & International Affairs and minor in Sociology. While at Wake, I also participated in the Wake Washington, Member in Parliament (UK Study Abroad) Internship, and Summer Management programs. Currently I work at Mastercard based in London, UK as Director of UKI Strategy & Market Development.

After graduating from Wake, I started my career in international development first based in Washington DC and then moved / lived across East and West Africa, South Asia and Latin America working in the private sector, public sector, and civil society. I then decided to pursue an MBA at London Business School where I leveraged internships in venture capital, product, and fintech to discover an interest in payments and ultimately decided to join Mastercard. As part of Mastercard’s post-MBA leadership / management program, an 18-month international program, I had rotations across strategy, product and business development before joining the UKI Strategy & Market Development team.

I’m happy to discuss careers in international development and business, career pivots into new sectors, geographies, industries, applying to/attending business school, and working in payments/fintech.

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