Stephanie Voquer

Chief Human Resources Officer
MasterCard Worldwide

Stephanie Voquer is the chief human resources officer of MasterCard Worldwide. In this capacity, she is responsible for all Human Resources functions globally with a goal to enhance organizational capability. She is a member of the company’s Executive Committee.

Human Resources in MasterCard is taking a leadership role in driving cultural transformation, building leadership strength and excelling in talent management, including best-in-class talent acquisition and deployment practices, innovative reward-for-performance and workforce programs, competency-based learning and performance management. These are key components of a high performance organization, where a proactive and dynamic Human Resources team contributes directly to business success.

Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Voquer was responsible for Global Strategy and Operations in Purchase and was the group head of Human Resources, MasterCard Europe, based in Waterloo, Belgium. Her professional experience spans the Human Resources disciplines, in strategic and operational roles, with a strong track record in change management. Prior to joining MasterCard, Ms. Voquer worked in the telecom and IT sectors as director, Human Resources for Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) with Avaya Communications and the director of Human Resources Operations, Global Services, with IBM EMEA in Paris, France. Ms. Voquer began in corporate career with IBM in Europe and spent two years on assignment in the United States.

A native of Canada, Ms. Voquer is a Bachelor of Arts Honours graduate, summa cum laude, of McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario). She completed studies at the University of Caen (France), the University of Valencia (Spain), the International Business Management Institute in an affiliation with American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and the IBM International Personnel Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University.

She is a member of the Global Human Resources Council of The Conference Board and the Human Resources Roundtable Group.