Fidel API: Expands Leadership Team With Three Executive Hires From Visa, Google & Talkdesk

Fidel API, a leading financial infrastructure API provider, today announced three executive appointments to support its significant growth in response to a record year.
Kevin Akerman joins as VP of Global Strategic Initiatives, Mounir Mouawad joins as VP of Payments and Emerging Products and Carlos Vilhena joins as Head of Engineering.
As VP of Global Strategic Initiatives, Kevin will focus on building out enterprise partnerships, deepening global payment network relationships, and developing new product revenue streams. Kevin has spent the last 11 years leading Visa’s product strategy and business development in the US, and most recently in Europe, covering the full spectrum from merchant data solutions to consumer debit, credit, installments, and loyalty products.
As VP of Payments and Emerging Products, Mounir will be responsible for scoping and delivering emerging products and leading the teams required to deliver them. Mounir joins FidelAPI from Google, where he oversaw the product strategy and European operations for Google Pay.
As Head of Engineering, Carlos will lead Fidel API’s engineering efforts. Carlos will serve as a critical building block for Fidel API’s rapidly evolving engineering organization by providing leadership, mentorship, and organizational rigor.
Over the past twelve months, Fidel API has doubled in size and continues to hire for roles across its locations in London, Lisbon, and New York.