{"id":98042,"date":"2025-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/06\/22\/visa-taps-tareq-muhmood-as-regional-president-for-cemea\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"visa-taps-tareq-muhmood-as-regional-president-for-cemea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/06\/22\/visa-taps-tareq-muhmood-as-regional-president-for-cemea\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa taps Tareq Muhmood as regional president for CEMEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Visa appointed Tareq Muhmood (<\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tareqmuhmood\/?originalSubdomain=uk\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><strong>) as its new regional president for Central and <\/strong><strong>Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA)<\/strong>, the payment card services company said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/6\/1160.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement (pdf)<\/a>. Muhmood brings over 30 years of experience in banking and payments to the role, having most recently served as head of value-added services for Visa Europe. 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