Our Executives

Ari Sarker
President, Asia Pacific

Ari Sarker is the president for Asia Pacific at Mastercard.

In this role, Ari oversees all In this role, Ari oversees all of the company’s activities in the region and serves as a member of its global Management Committee. He also spearheads identifying and managing new equity investment opportunities in Asia Pacific, designed to establish Mastercard as a natural partner of choice for firms in the region’s dynamically evolving fintech landscape. An active proponent of Mastercard’s financial inclusion commitments, Ari champions Mastercard’s inclusive growth efforts across a number of Asia’s emerging economies.

Ari has been with Mastercard since 2011 and has held an array of leadership roles across geographies. Prior to his current role, he was co-president of the Asia Pacific region. Earlier, Ari helmed Mastercard’s business for South Asia, notably including India. He started his journey with the company as head of network processing for Asia Pacific and the Middle East and Africa.

Before joining Mastercard, Ari spent over 12 years with General Electric in a number of senior roles across key markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Ari holds an MBA from Cardiff University, and is a qualified chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.