Ajay pal singh banga biography of alberta

American business executive (born 1959)

Ajaypal Singh "Ajay" Banga (born November 10, 1959^[1]) is an Indian-born American business executive.^[2] He is currently the president of the World Bank Group.^[3] He was the executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from July 2010 until December 31, 2020.^[4][5] He retired from this position on December 31, 2021, and joined General Atlantic as its vice chairman.^[6]

Before being nominated to the World Bank, he was the chairman of Exor, the Netherlands-based investment holding company controlled by the Italian Agnelli Family,^[7][8] and chairman of the public-private Partnership for Central America with U.S.

Vice PresidentKamala Harris.^[9][10]

Banga is the former chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) representing more than 300 of the