Ajay Banga is CEO of Mastercard and a member of its board of directors, and will become executive chairman of the board of directors in January 2021.
Why you should listen
With his remarkable tenure as Mastercard CEO, Ajay Banga knows what he's talking about when it comes to driving growth. But more remarkable is the way he's done well by doing good -- namely, finding commercially sustainable ways to connect everyone, everywhere to the digital economy.
Prior to Mastercard, Ajay Banga served as CEO of Citigroup Asia Pacific. During his career at Citigroup, he held a variety of senior management roles in the United States, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He also oversaw the company's efforts in microfinance. He is a cofounder of the Cyber Readiness Institute, first vice chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce and a trustee of the United States Council for International Business. He is a founding trustee of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and is Chairman Emeritus of the American India Foundation. He served as a member of President Obama's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and is a past member of the US President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
Ajay Banga’s TED Talk
Ajay Banga, Whitney Pennington Rodgers
Financial inclusion, the digital divide and other thoughts on the future of money
19 minutes 50 secondsRoughly two billion people worldwide don't have access to banks or financial services like credit, insurance and investment -- or even a way to formally prove their identity. How do we bridge this divide? Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga sits down with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers to discuss how innovative public-private partnerships can help bring everyone into the digital economy -- and why COVID-19 recovery hinges on financial inclusion.Posted Dec 2020
