Raja Rajamannar is an accomplished global executive with more than 30 years of experience, the last seven of
which have been in the role of Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Mastercard and the President of the company’s healthcare business.
Raja is consistently recognized globally as a highly innovative and transformative leader, with deep expertise in Marketing, Data and Digital Technologies. Some of his accolades include: Forbes Top 5 World’s Most Influential CMOs, Business Insider’s Top 10 World’s Most Innovative CMOs and one of Adweek’s most tech savvy CMOs.

Raja was named the WFA Global Marketer of the Year and ANA Educational Foundation 2019 Marketer of the Year. He was inducted to The CMO Club CMO Hall of Fame in 2018 and assumed the honorary role of
President of the World Federation of Advertisers in 2019.

Raja is a member of the Board of Directors of PPL Corporation and serves on the boards of not-for-profit
organizations including Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the largest catholic health systems in the U.S., New York City Ballet and the ANA.

Raja received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Indian Institute of Management, in Bangalore, India, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India.

Raja is also the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book, Quantum Marketing. Hailed as a must-read for any marketer who wants to build brands that stand the test of time in the post digital age. In this book, Raja shares pioneering, breakthrough strategies to navigate the challenges marketers face to thrive in a modern business world, that is changing with unprecedented speed and disruption.