Reeta Roy

President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation

Reeta Roy is President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation. A thoughtful leader deeply committed to equity and inclusion, Reeta has worked tirelessly to build a collaborative foundation and is known for bold action and transformative impact. Under Reeta’s leadership, the Foundation has focused its work on Africa since 2009, committed to a goal of ensuring 75% of its partners are African organisations; and based the majority of the Foundation’s operations, staff, and leadership, including Reeta herself, in Africa. To date, the Foundation has committed/deployed more than US$ 5.7 billion through financial inclusion, education, and youth livelihood programs as part of its pandemic response. This includes a $1.3 billion investment under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, which is enabling nearly 40,000 talented but economically disadvantaged young leaders to pursue and complete their secondary and higher education. It also includes the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative—a historic $1.3 billion partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to roll out vaccination across Africa and safeguard the continent’s long-term health security.