Ahmed Zifzaf is the Head of Crypto Partnerships at Worldpay, where he leads a global team responsible for the company’s blockchain and digital‑asset partnerships and product strategy. He also serves on the Algorand Foundation’s United Nations Payments Council, advising the UN on using blockchain technology to improve the delivery of humanitarian financial aid. Zifzaf launched and scaled the partnerships function at Tractable, a FinTech AI company, driving its growth from Series A to Series E and contributing to the company surpassing a $1B valuation. He co‑founded Sawa, an NFT payments platform for social impact organizations incubated with Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google. Sawa won the 2022 Stanford NFX Competition and launched in the Stanford d.school Lab. Ahmed also led Stanford University’s FinTech investing arm within its VC Impact Fund. Zifzaf holds an MBA from Stanford University. Experience at McKinsey, Apple, Goldman Sachs and Mercado Libre, combined with travel to 90+ countries, shapes his global perspective on the future of payments, digital assets and financial inclusion.
