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Leena Häkkinen

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Head of Merchant Risk at Fat Zebra
📍 Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

Leena is a senior leader with over 20 years of experience in the financial services, banking, and payments industries. As the Head of Merchant Risk at Fat Zebra, she focuses on driving strategic initiatives and operational excellence. She holds an MBA from the University of Jyväskylä.

She is a leader who is passionate about empowering people for high performance and creating a culture of continuous improvement. Leena thrives in collaborative and dynamic environments, leading by example to ensure teams feel excited to be part of a change journey.

Unique fact: Leena has an international education background, having also studied as a minor subject at Hawaii Pacific University.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Head of Merchant Risk
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Priorities

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Merchant Risk
As the Head of Merchant Risk at Fat Zebra, she is actively leading the function, solving problems, and hiring new talent to manage risk for the growing payments business.
Payments & Banking
Her extensive career at companies like Tyro Payments and Fat Zebra gives her deep expertise in payment operations, industry schemes, and the evolving world of banking.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Head of Merchant Risk
Fat Zebra
1-2025
Director
Neuvi.com.au
9-2023 - 1-2025
Head of Payments Operations and Program Delivery
Tyro Payments
4-2023 - 9-2023
Head of Program Delivery
Tyro Payments
3-2022 - 4-2023
Head of Planning and Governance
Tyro Payments
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Education
2008 - 2011
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Jyväskylä
2008 - 2008
Minor subject
Hawaii Pacific University
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