By Alisa Gymbs – BlackEnterprise.com / Stylemagazine.com Newswire

Having Glenda’s expertise and experience on the Executive Committee will be a huge asset for us,” American Express Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen J. Squeri said in a memo.

During her more 30 years at American Express, McNeal has served in a number of roles across sales and client management, business development, and marketing and strategy. In her current role, she leads strategy and negotiations for key partnerships with the largest e-commerce, travel, technology, and retail companies. Squire added that McNeal has “overseen the growth of our relationships with our largest and most critical partners, including Delta, Marriott, Hilton, PayPal and Amazon.”

Most recently, McNeal co-led the company’s Stand for Small coalition, assembling more than 70 companies across various industries to support small businesses as they work to recover from the impact of COVID-19.

The CEO noted that current challenges to the global economy, in- cluding the coronavirus pandemic, are “making it even more important to adapt our leadership structure to the challeng- es we face so that we can emerge in a stronger position” and that during these unprecedented times, “we must ensure we have the right expertise at the table.”

McNeal was added to the Executive Committee along with Andrés Espinosa, Executive Vice President of Enterprise Credit and Fraud Risk Man- agement and Chief Credit Officer for American Express, and Pierric Beckert, President of Global Network Services.

The executives will “bring to the Executive Committee invaluable knowledge and experience which are particularly relevant for the times we are in,” Squeri said. “We will benefit from their diverse perspectives as we navigate through the challenges we face and position our company to win going forward.”

A graduate of Dillard Univer- sity who received her M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, she is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council.

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