Gali Heichal

Gali Heichal is the Global Head of Payments Partnerships at Klarna. She oversees
Klarna’s relationships with the payments ecosystem including payment networks,
card issuers, PSPs, banks, and digital wallets. Prior to joining Klarna Gali led key
business development initiatives for Google in payments. She oversaw Google’s
collaboration with Fintech companies such as PayPal, Plaid, and Klarna, and led the
expansion of Google Pay into key markets in Europe. Prior to Google, Gali spent nine
years in a variety of leadership roles within Citibank’s Global Consumer Group
including new account acquisition and digital payments. Gali holds an MBA from
NYU’s Stern School of Business and an L.L.B in Law and Business Management from
Tel Aviv University in Israel.