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, AP automation and spend management businesses serving millions of small, mid-sized, large, and global companies around the world. Anna is also responsible for leading the team that oversees risk management capabilities and strategies, helping to drive growth for the company by delivering best-in-industry fraud protection and controls for the company’s entire portfolio of cards, both business and consumer.
Anna is a member of American Express’ Executive Committee, which is responsible for developing the company's strategic direction and driving business performance, and an Officer of American Express National Bank. She joined American Express in September 2018.
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. Prior to McKinsey, she was the CEO of a financial information company. She started her career at D. E. Shaw, a New York-based investment firm.
Anna is a member of DocuSign’s Board of Directors and sits on the Board’s Audit Committee. She also sits on the London Business School’s Governing Body, responsible for the school’s financing, property, business, academic, and non-academic affairs. Anna was named to Barron’s 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance list for the past three years.
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.