Global Inclusive Finance Summit 2024 | Mastercard | 17 April 2024 | Livestream

This Summit, hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth in its 10th anniversary year, advances real solutions to today’s most pressing challenges through collaboration and candid conversation among entrepreneurs, innovators, policymakers and emerging changemakers. First held in 2019, the Summit assembles a dynamic group of cross-sector leaders who collectively address topics including financial inclusion, data science for social impact, emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, climate and the environment, women’s economic empowerment and place-based development.

2024 Speakers

Elton John
Founder, Elton John AIDS Foundation

Rosario Dawson
"Actrivist”, Designer, Producer & Founder, Rio Dawn Foundation

Melinda French Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Albert Bourla
Chairman and CEO, Pfizer, Inc.

Rohini Nilekani
Chairperson, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies Foundation

Michael Froman
President, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Shamina Singh
Founder and President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Dr. Ben Vinson, III
President, Howard University

Samaila Zubairu
President & CEO, Africa Finance Corporation

Madame Gandhi
Musician, Activist, Speaker

Ade Adepitan
TV presenter, journalist, Paralympic medallist, BBC

Andréa Vieira
Founder and CEO, nailsaloon

Aria Mia Loberti
Actor, Author and UNICEF Supporter

Hans Vestberg
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Verizon

Chetna Sinha
Founder & Chair, Mann Deshi Foundation

Iván Duque
Former President of Colombia

Dr. José Viñals
Group Chairperson, Standard Chartered

Guneet Monga Kapoor
Academy Award-Winning Producer, CEO & Founder, Sikhya Entertainment

Cristina Junqueira
Cofounder & CGO, Nubank

His Eminence Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Cardinal and Ghanaian Prelate, Catholic Church

Merit Janow
Chair of the Board of Directors, Mastercard

Omer Acar
CEO Raffles & Fairmont, Raffles Hotels

Mark Malloch-Brown
President, Open Society Foundations

Reeta Roy
President & CEO, Mastercard Foundation

Wolfgang Fengler
CEO, World Data Lab

Navrina Singh
Founder and CEO, Credo AI

Linda Kirkpatrick
President, Americas, Mastercard

Michael Schlein
CEO, Accion

Manu Chopra
CEO, Karya Inc

Jin Liqun
President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Tim Murphy
Chief Administrative Officer, Mastercard

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)

Dr. Adanna Steinacker
Medical Doctor, Digital Creator, Entrepreneur, & TEDx Speaker

Greg Shell
Head of Inclusive Growth Strategy, Goldman Sachs

Jenn White
Host, 1A, WAMU

Tara Nathan
Executive Vice President Humanitarian & Development, Mastercard Community Pass, Mastercard

Anna Adeola Makanju
Vice President of Global Affairs, OpenAI

Monica Brand Engel
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Quona Capital

Helena Leurent
Director-General, Consumers International

Andrew Herscowitz
Executive Director, ODI Global

Maryana Iskander
Chief Executive Officer, Wikimedia Foundation

Odile Renaud-Basso
President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Michelle Meyer
Chief Economist, Mastercard Economics Institute, Mastercard

Marla Blow
President, Skoll Foundation

Frank McCourt
Founder & Executive Chairman, Project Liberty

Homi Kharas
Senior Fellow, Brookings & co-founder, World Data Lab

Fatoumata Bâ
Founder & Executive Chair, Janngo Capital

Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex