Edward Grobler has over 34 years of experience in the payments industry.
He spent 14 years working for one of the largest banks in South Africa where he was responsible for electronic banking and merchant services. Mr Grobler then joined Mastercard as senior vice president of Mastercard Africa, executive vice president of Mastercard Australasia, and executive vice president of real time payments where he was based in the UK and was responsible for the development and execution of Mastercard's Real Time Payments strategy and its integration of a Real Time Payment company which Mastercard acquired in 2017.
In July 2019, Mr Grobler established Commerce 2040 to create a platform for engagement with different stakeholders in the payments value chain, with the key focus on payment flows in a dynamic and changing environment.
He holds a Master in Business Leadership and a Master in Psychology, and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
