James G. Kelly serves as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), one of the world's leading payment processing companies. Mr. Kelly originally became CFO of NDC's Atlanta-based eCommerce division in April 2000. NDC eCommerce began operating as Global Payments Inc. in December 2000, and the new company spun off from National Data on February 1, 2001. Mr. Kelly has responsibility for the operations of the company and reports to Chairman, President and CEO, Paul R. Garcia.

Prior to joining NDC eCommerce, Mr. Kelly served for ten years as Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, a global professional services firm with an established leadership position in turnaround management and restructuring, and performance improvement consulting in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In this capacity, he held numerous operating and restructuring positions including CEO, COO, CRO and CFO, as well as Board positions working in a variety of public and private companies in a wide range of industries. Prior to Alvarez and Marsal, he was a manager in the merger and acquisitions group and the entrepreneurial services group of Ernst & Young. Mr. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a Certified Public Account and a member of the AICPA.

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