Richard Nash is Vice President and Head of PayPal’s Global Government Relations team, comprised of teams based in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. Richard has managed PayPal’s Government Relations team since the company’s spinoff from eBay Inc. in 2015.

In this role, Richard leads PayPal’s work on key global policy and legislative issues, focusing on emerging public policy to empower people, businesses and communities in the digital economy. This includes collaborating with governments, legislators and other stakeholders on the development of modern financial services policy. Richard also manages our global team’s strategic engagement with governments as PayPal deepens and expands its services and impact in markets around the world, including the US, Canada, EU, UK, China, India, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, and many other places across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

Richard oversees a global team that manages PayPal’s contributions to discussions on expanding opportunities in financial services and the digital economy, consumer protection and security, digital payments innovation, cross-border trade, and other key issues. He spearheads PayPal’s work with international groups such as the World Economic Forum, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, as well as many regional industry and inter-governmental organizations. Richard also leads the Government Relations team's work on empowering and advocating for small businesses and developing programs aimed at giving them a voice on key policy issues.

Richard was previously part of the eBay Inc. Government Relations team, which he joined in March 2008. Prior to joining eBay Inc., he ran the Brussels office of European public affairs consultancy Political Intelligence. Additionally, he was Secretary General of the European Internet Services Providers Association from 2005-2008. Richard began his career with a German law firm, based in Freiburg (Germany), having studied law in the UK and Austria. He now resides in Washington, DC with his wife and son.