Paul Petta
Chief Franchise Officer, Mastercard, USA
Paul G. Petta is Chief Franchise Officer at Mastercard. In this capacity, Mr. Petta has responsibility for the full suite of global franchise functions for Mastercard. He and his team enable new and existing business at scale through licensing, registration, brand standards and exploring new ways to leverage our brands, platforms and network and have full accountability for supporting healthy business growth by preventing, detecting, and remediating undue risk.
Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Petta served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Global Businesses. He was responsible for leading the Global Businesses Legal Team consisting of 80+ lawyers and legal professionals located around the globe. The team was tasked with providing integrated world-wide legal support to Mastercard's full suite of businesses, mergers & acquisitions, public and private partnerships, intellectual property matters, technology operations, franchise operations and all products and services, including: Fintech & Digital Products, Core Consumer & Commercial Payments, Loyalty Solutions, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Operations and Technology, Enterprise Security Solutions, Processing, the Advisors Data Services & Consulting Business and the Mastercard Labs innovation incubator.
Throughout his tenure, Mr. Petta has also served as Group Executive, Senior Associate General Counsel, Group Head, Global Markets Managing Counsel and Vice President, Managing Global Key, U.S. Regional, Key and National Accounts Counsel.
Before joining Mastercard, he was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, an international law firm located in New York City, where he represented clients in connection with public and private company mergers, stock purchases, asset purchases, spin-offs, venture capital investments, joint ventures, and public and private securities offerings.
Mr. Petta graduated, cum laude, from The College of the Holy Cross and received a Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He was elected to the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, where he served as editor, and to the Order of the Coif at Penn.
Mr. Petta is a member of the Bar in New York and Connecticut. He is also an active member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Corporate Counsel Association.
Jonathan Anastasia
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions, Mastercard, USA
Jonathan J. Anastasia is Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel supporting Cyber & Intelligence Solutions at Mastercard. In his role, Jonathan is responsible for leading a team of attorneys that help develop product solutions to ensure the safety, security and experience of Mastercard products and solutions for consumers, merchants, partners and governments around the world. His team provides integrated legal and transactional support in the development of products and services in the areas of authentication, fraud management, artificial intelligence, machine learning, internet-of-things, biometrics, cybersecurity, and digital identity.
Before joining Mastercard, Jonathan was in the Intellectual Property group of Crowell & Moring LLP. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Prior to becoming an attorney, Jonathan served as a Captain in the United States Army.
