Gene Lockhart is Chairman and Managing Partner at MissionOG, a venture capital firm with significant operational and investment experience across the financial services and payments industries. Previously, he was a Special Adviser at General Atlantic and a Venture Partner at Oak Investment Partners.  Prior to that, he was President of the Global Retail Bank at Bank of America, President & CEO at Mastercard International, and CEO at Midland Bank plc. He has been on the boards of many banking institutions including Midland Group Holdings, First Republic Bank, Bank America Corp., Mastercard Int'l, and A.P.A.C.S amongst others. Gene has also been the Chairman of the Board of CHAPS and Director of SWIFT.