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Ari Sarker

Ari Sarker

President, Asia Pacific

Mastercard

Ari Sarker joined Mastercard in 2011 and has since held an array of leadership roles across geographies. He is currently president of AsiaPacific, overseeing all of the company’s activities in the region. He is also a member of the Global Management Committee. He is an active proponent of Mastercard’s financial inclusion commitments, and a dedicated champion of inclusive growth efforts across a number of Asia’s emerging economies. He also spearheads identifying and managing new equity investment opportunities designed to establish Mastercard as a natural partner of choice for firms in the dynamically evolving fintech landscape. Prior to his current role, Sarker was co-president of the Asia–Pacific region. Earlier, he helmed Mastercard’s business for South Asia, including India.

The transformative nature of simple advances such as connecting people to services and opportunities through affordable smartphones is just as significant as the remarkable progress we are seeing in artificial intelligence. Photo credit: iStock/imtmphoto.
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It’s Not Always about the Next Big Thing: How 'Innovations of Necessity' are Reshaping Asia

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