As general counsel and corporate secretary, Dara Steele-Belkin is responsible for all of the company’s legal, data privacy, enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance matters worldwide. Dara leads a team of talented legal, risk, and compliance professionals who strive to reduce friction and risk within the business, while maximizing innovation and opportunity.
Dara previously served as assistant general counsel and chief privacy officer, advising and supporting the business to enable privacy compliance throughout the world. Dara also led the team that provides legal support to Global Payments' Business Technology Services group by advising, negotiating, and drafting the company’s third-party technology licenses, service and other outsourcing agreements on a worldwide basis, including negotiations of strategic partnership negotiations with major cloud technology vendors. Since joining the company in 2007, Dara's varied roles have given her the opportunity to provide legal support to the company’s issuer, U.K. and European merchant, and various of its vertical markets-focused businesses.
Dara joined Global Payments after spending five years as a litigator with Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland). While at Sutherland, Dara specialized in commercial litigation, focusing primarily on professional liability defense and advising in the areas of antitrust and deceptive trade practices. Dara joined Sutherland following the completion of a federal judicial clerkship with Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Prior to her clerkship with Judge Kollar-Kotelly, Dara served as judicial law clerk to Chief Judge Joel F. Dubina, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Dara received her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Duke Law School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, awarded cum laude from Duke University.
Dara proudly serves on the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and their youngest child, missing their elder two children while they are away at college.
What is Dara L. Steele-Belkin's net worth?
The estimated net worth of Dara L. Steele-Belkin is at least $2.45 million as of August 7th, 2025. Steele-Belkin owns 30,713 shares of Global Payments stock worth more than $2,447,120 as of December 5th. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other investments that Steele-Belkin may own. Learn More about Dara L. Steele-Belkin's net worth.
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Has Dara L. Steele-Belkin been buying or selling shares of Global Payments?
Dara L. Steele-Belkin has not been actively trading shares of Global Payments in the last ninety days. Most recently, Dara L. Steele-Belkin sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.00, for a transaction totalling $172,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel now directly owns 30,713 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,641,318. Learn More on Dara L. Steele-Belkin's trading history.
Who are Global Payments' active insiders?
Global Payments' insider roster includes Robert Baldwin, Jr. (Director), Andréa Carter (VP), Kriss Cloninger, III (Director), David Green (EVP), William Jacobs (Director), Joia Johnson (Director), Ruth Marshall (Director), Connie Mcdaniel (Director), Guido Sacchi (EVP), David Sheffield (CAO), Jeffrey Sloan (CEO), Dara Steele-Belkin (General Counsel and Corporate Secretary), Dara Steele-Belkin (General Counsel), Paul Todd (CFO), John Turner (Director), Patricia Watson (Director), Joshua Whipple (CFO), and M. Woods (Director). Learn More on Global Payments' active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Global Payments?
During the last year, Global Payments insiders bought shares 2 times. They purchased a total of 7,131 shares worth more than $772,704.86. During the last year, insiders at the business services provider sold shares 2 times. They sold a total of 6,464 shares worth more than $519,343.84. The most recent insider tranaction occured on November, 12th when Director Connie D Mcdaniel sold 4,464 shares worth more than $347,343.84. Insiders at Global Payments own 1.0% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Global Payments. Information on this page was last updated on 11/12/2025.
