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Penny Burtt Penny Burtt is Vice President Government Affairs and Public Policy, Asia Pacific with global payments company, Visa. She oversees the company’s engagement and partnerships with governments and regulators across the region, leading a group of government relations professionals, and serves on the company’s Asia Pacific executive management team. Prior to joining Visa, Penny was Director of Public Affairs, External Relations and Head of Client Service Risk, Asia, with global management consultancy, McKinsey & Company. She led McKinsey’s government relations, public affairs, reputation building, communications and risk efforts across Asia. She worked with the firm’s Public Sector Practice, establishing the McKinsey Centre for Government in Asia and the McKinsey Innovation Campus in Singapore. Penny joined McKinsey from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In the course of her diplomatic career, Penny represented Australia at a senior level in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and at the United Nations in Geneva and New York. She also served as Assistant Secretary Southeast Asia and as an adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. With a strong personal commitment to the community sector, Penny sits on the boards of a number of not-for-profit organizations in Singapore including the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham); the Singapore Institute for International Affairs; and the Singapore Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is a senior fellow of the Singapore Social Innovation Park (SIP) and has been a judge of the Public Affairs Asia Gold Standard Awards (2012, 2013, 2014). |
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