Mohamed Bardastani

Senior CEMEA Economist and Director of Business and Economics Insights, Visa

Mohamed Bardastani is Visa’s Senior CEMEA Economist and Director of Business and Economics Insights. His role primarily involves engaging with Visa’s key clients through presentations that capture the latest global and regional economic developments, and recent trends in the payment and travel and tourism industries. Mohamed joined Visa after spending few years as a Senior Middle East Economist at Oxford Economics, where he was responsible for developing the company’s views on the Middle Eastern economies. He worked on several public-sector consulting projects in the GCC, focusing on evaluating the economic impact of certain policy measures and advising on alternative policies whenever appropriate. He also provided regular commentary to regional and international newspapers as well as pan-Arab TV channels about the latest regional economic developments and trends. Mohamed studied at the University of Tampa, USA, where he gained a Bachelor degree in Economics; and at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where he completed his Master degree in Economics.