3M adds experienced leadership

3M announced that Suzan Kereere, formerly head of global business solutions at Fiserv, Inc., has been elected to 3M’s board of directors.

In connection with Kereere’s election, the 3M board of directors increased its size from 12 to 13 members, said the company.

“Suzan is a highly accomplished business and technology leader who has lived and led teams around the world, with a proven track record of maximizing value for customers and driving growth, and championing a more diverse, inclusive culture in the workplace,” said 3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman.

“We are very pleased to welcome her to our board, where she will bring invaluable insight, perspective and leadership,” said Roman.

Kereere has over 20 years of experience in leading global businesses around the world, including in Europe, Australia, Asia and North America, said 3M.

She led global business solutions at Fiserv, a fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale.

Prior to Fiserv, she held executive leadership roles in global merchant sales and acquiring at Visa from 2016 to 2021, said 3M, which included scaling Visa’s value-added services offerings with new client segments, as well as leading small business recovery efforts over the course of the pandemic.

Kereere served in leadership positions at American Express from 1988 to 2016, including as head of its U.S. national merchant business and global network business.

Founded in 1902, the 3M Company, based in Saint Paul, Minn., is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, U.S. health care and consumer goods.