Worku Gachou
VP, Head of North America Social Impact & Sustainability, Visa
Worku Gachou is listed as VP, Head of North America Social Impact & Sustainability, Visa. Worku spoke at Money20/20 USA 2023 in October 2023 (speaker, “Climate Tech in Banking: why consumer demand for sustainability unlocks share of wallet growth”).
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About
Worku Gachou is the Head of North America Inclusive Impact & Sustainability at Visa, where he leads the company’s efforts to drive social and environmental impact in the United States and Canada. Prior to Visa, Mr. Gachou was a senior political appointee at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) where he served as a key adviser to the agency’s Chief Executive Officer and oversaw a regional portfolio of over $5 billion in impact investments. Before joining DFC, Mr. Gachou was a policy advisor at Covington & Burling LLP. Prior to Covington, Mr. Gachou was a senior staffer on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Gachou is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a board member of Development Gateway, a Global Fellow at The Wilson Center, and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned degrees from DePaul University and Georgetown University.