Ajay Banga is chief executive officer of Mastercard and will become executive chairman of the board of directors on January 1, 2021. Ajay is a co-founder of The Cyber Readiness Institute, 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 U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and served as a member of President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. He is a past member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. He has been recognized with the Padma Shri Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Foreign Policy Association Medal and the Business Council for International Understanding’s Global Leadership Award. Prior to Mastercard, Ajay served as chief executive officer of Citigroup Asia Pacific, following several senior management roles across the globe. He began his career at PepsiCo and Nestlé. He is a graduate of Delhi University and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.