Pamela Shin
Head of Legal and Compliance, Mastercard Foundation
Pam leads Legal and Compliance at Mastercard Foundation. In this role, she navigates and advises on the most complex charity law issues in Canada and has: led a $75 million USD charitable credit guarantee program to help develop micro, small and medium enterprises in Africa to relieve poverty; designed and negotiated a multi-party strategic partnership across several African countries to accelerate and scale impact for the Foundation’s strategy, Young Africa Works; and leads the legal aspects of the Foundation’s transformation of programming to facilitate the expansion of the Foundation’s reach and impact.
She also leads a cross-functional team of staff and consultants to redesign the Foundation’s risk and materiality framework, and charitable program approach.
Her volunteer involvement includes: having been co-chair of World Vision Canada’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee; and a volunteer board member of the charity KCWA Family and Social Services Board.