Hugh Norton is the Head of U.S. Financial Education at Visa Inc., which includes the award-winning Practical Money Skills for Life, Veterans Financial Coalition and What's My Score programs. Norton has been an active participant in the financial literacy community for years and makes regular appearances to speak on behalf of Visa’s programs.
Prior to joining Visa, Norton worked in public relations for a wide range of financial services, entertainment and public affairs clients including publicity for multiple New York Times best sellers and an Oscar winning best picture. He currently lives in northern Virginia with his wife and three children.
Andrew Woolnough is Visa’s Vice President of Corporate Communications across Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in Dubai, he is responsible for Visa's external and internal communications agendas, including executive communications, media relations, public affairs and issues management across the 90+ country region.
Before assuming his current role in February 2014, Woolnough led Visa’s global media, executive communications and issues management team for Visa's Asia Pacific and CEMEA business out of Singapore. Before joining Visa, he served as Vice President and Head of Corporate at global public affairs agency Weber Shandwick in Singapore, where he led the account for Microsoft Asia’s business. He started his career in London where he led the Microsoft Central and East European public affairs business for PR agency Waggener Edstrom.
Woolnough is a Politics and Public Policy graduate of London University’s Queen Mary College.