Bio

Jeff is a senior business development and finance leader with over 20 years of credit card industry experience, concentrated in mergers and acquisitions, program and deal structuring, financial analysis, and business optimization. Jeff serves as a Senior Vice President of Finance for Kessler. This is Jeff’s second time with Kessler, having previously served as a Vice President of Finance. Prior to rejoining Kessler, Jeff led the Pricing team and built the Mergers and Acquisitions capability at Alliance Data Card Services; as a result, he was responsible for all deal-related economics for all new and renewal programs as well as any acquired portfolios while at Alliance Data. Prior to that, Jeff worked for five years as a Senior Director of Corporate Finance for Barclaycard, with lead responsibility for $4 billion of credit card transactions in both the US and Europe. Jeff has also served as a Senior Consultant for First Annapolis Accenture and as a Business Product Lead and Head of Business Development for Co-Brands and Affinities for Capital One. Jeff earned an AB in Economics from Duke University and an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.