Rama Sridhar

As a business leader in technology, I have built my professional life in the worlds of payments and financial services. Over a varied 30-year career, I have brought to bear expertise gained across three industries, multiple geographies and organizations, to drive transformative change and non-linear growth. Many leadership roles, and experience in managing large P&Ls, have shaped me as a business head with the strategic and commercial acumen to scale ideas to their full potential, create robust businesses and operating models, and steer mid- to large-sized corporates to execute new growth strategies – pursuits that I’m very passionate about. I thrive on accelerating growth and turning distressed situations while building long term sustainable solutions and partnerships.
In my current position at Mastercard, I lead our growth diversification efforts, to maximize participation in digital ecosystems, create strategic partnerships with government, public and private institutions to modernize payment infrastructure and accelerate digitization of payment flows across all national ecosystems. The Digital & Emerging Partnerships and New Payment Flows business works with a startup mindset, and with every stakeholder in the digital commerce ecosystem – digital tech platforms, governments and central banks, digital banks and fintechs. Through powerful strategic partnerships, we use technology to advance digital ecosystems and payment flows, and create more financially inclusive economies.
Finally, my favorite part of my work is mentoring talent, especially women in technology, to help them unlock their potential to achieve corporate leadership excellence.