Michael Miebach

CEO
Mastercard

Michael Miebach is chief executive officer of Mastercard and a member of its board of directors.

He is leading the company into a more digital world where Mastercard powers economies and empowers people by harnessing innovation and the continued application of new technologies. The company is helping to shape the future of seamless commerce, while bolstering cyber services and data-powered insights.

For much of the past decade, Michael was critical to setting the strategy that transformed the company’s offerings from a consumer card-centric business to a platform supporting choice in how businesses, people and governments make payments. This strategy helped Mastercard diversify into new areas including real-time payments, open banking, digital identity and other value-added services.

His collaborative approach creates scalable and trusted solutions for the exchange of payments and data. Joining Mastercard in 2010, he led its Middle East and Africa operations, where he helped shape and advance the company’s financial inclusion efforts - first in Africa and subsequently around the world - with targeted solutions for governments and their citizens that deliver a commercially sustainable social impact. Earlier in his career, Michael held senior roles at Barclays Bank and Citibank.

Michael is a member of The Business Roundtable, The Business Council, the U.S.-India CEO Forum, the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He is a trustee of the United States Council for International Business and serves on the board of directors of IBM, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, the Metropolitan Opera and the World Resources Institute.

A native of Bavaria, Michael completed his education in Germany, receiving a Master of Business Administration from the University of Passau.