Summer Kotb | Director of Airline Acceptance
Visa

Summer Kotb is Director of Airline Acceptance at Visa, where she leads the global airline acceptance strategy for the B2B Travel vertical. In this role, she drives innovative opportunities for the airline sector, leads strategic partnerships, and strengthens Visa’s payment solutions worldwide. With more than a decade of experience across payments, financial services, and investment banking, Summer has built a reputation for accelerating growth, deepening client relationships, and delivering impactful results in complex global markets.
She brings extensive travel industry expertise from her five years at American Express and her most recent role as Director of Airline Partnerships within Visa’s Global Airline Acceptance Solutions team, where she established and led key pan-regional partnerships to advance innovative acceptance solutions to meet the evolving needs of the airline sector. Prior to Visa, Summer held leadership roles at American Express in both New York and London, leading strategic travel partnerships, first nationally from New York and then globally from London. Known for her eye for growth, Summer began her career in investment banking and advanced rapidly to Vice President at Maxim Group, advising clients on capital raising, strategic transactions, and market expansion.
Passionate about the travel industry, cross-cultural collaboration, and global commerce, Summer combines strategic vision with a client-first approach to foster long-term, high-value partnerships.