• Pelican AI appointed Maria Papas vice president of sales, Americas, on October 20, 2026.
• Papas previously served as vice president at Mastercard and Interac, and director of enterprise relationship management at Fiserv.
• Doug Drummond was named head of channels and alliances to develop the partner ecosystem across payments and financial crime compliance.
• Drummond brings channel sales, alliances and strategic partnership experience, including an information security role at the Central Bank of Ireland.

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