Anna Marrs is Group President of Global Commercial Services and Credit & Fraud Risk at American Express. She is responsible for the company’s B2B payments, working capital and AP automation and spend management businesses serving small, mid-sized, large, and global companies around the world. Anna is also responsible for leading the team that oversees credit quality and fraud controls at American Express, helping to drive growth for the company by delivering continued best-in-industry credit and fraud results.
Anna is a member of American Express’ Executive Committee, which is responsible for developing the company's strategic direction and driving business performance. She joined American Express in September 2018 as President, Global Commercial Services.
Prior to American Express, Anna was based in Singapore, where she was Standard Chartered’s Regional CEO for ASEAN and South Asia and the head of the bank’s Commercial and Private Banking divisions globally. She joined Standard Chartered as Group Head of Strategy and Corporate Development in 2012.
Before Standard Chartered, Anna was a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Banking Practice, based in London. Before joining McKinsey, she was the CEO of a financial information company. She started her career at D. E. Shaw, a New York-based investment firm.
She serves as co-chair of the International Advisory Board for the non-profit organization British American Business. She was named to Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance list in 2021.
Anna holds an MBA from London Business School and an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Chicago. She lives in New York with her husband and two children.