Ed Labry

Edward (Ed) Labry is president of First Data's U.S. division which provides transaction processing for over 1,100 card issuers with approximately 625 million card accounts on file as well as serving approximately 3.7 million merchant locations in the U.S.

Prior to this appointment, Labry served as president of First Data's Commercial Services segment, which included the domestic merchant, TeleCheck and Prepaid Services units.

When First Data acquired Concord EFS, Inc. in 2004, he was president of this high-growth processing company. He joined Concord in 1984 and over the years, evolved the company beyond payment services for retailers into network services for financial institutions, engineering three strategic acquisitions that propelled Concord to the forefront of the ATM and debit card industry.

In April 2007, Labry was awarded the first-ever Distinguished Payments Professional of the Year Award by the Electronic Transactions Association. In addition, Labry was recognized as Payments Executive of the Year by Cards & Payments Magazine/SourceMedia. Both awards were presented to Labry for his more than 20 years of industry innovation and visionary leadership.

Labry serves on the boards of Hutchison School and Cumberland University. He has also served on the boards of Concord EFS, M.S. Carriers/Swift Transportation, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis Tomorrow and Children’s Museum of Memphis.

Labry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cumberland University, which granted him the “Award of the Phoenix” for Outstanding Service in 2002 and an honorary doctorate in 2003.