Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 September 10, 2026 7:25 PM EDT
Company Participants
Ling Hai – Chief Financial Officer
Presentation
Unknown Analyst
All right. Kicking off with the last of our sessions. Last but not least, we have CFO of Mastercard, Ling Hai, incoming CFO, I think the first conference that you’ve done in your new role.
Ling Hai
Chief Financial Officer
Indeed.
Unknown Analyst
So welcome. We’re very pleased to have you. Hopefully, the first of many, and we’re looking forward to the conversation here.
Ling Hai
Chief Financial Officer
Thank you. Thank you for doing this with me.
Question-and-Answer Session
Unknown Analyst
So look, I think we’ll have time to get the specifics of Mastercard here in a second, but maybe we can start with you. I’d love to hear a little bit of color about yourself. For those that haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you, maybe talk about your background, your history of the company.
Ling Hai
Chief Financial Officer
Sure. I’ve been with Mastercard for 17 years. From the very beginning, I have always known I want to be the CFO of Mastercard. No, that’s not true. In fact, I grew up in Mastercard as a General Manager. So my first job, I ran Greater China as a division. Then I went to London, had a global job, went to Singapore, co-headed Asia. And then went back to London, co-headed international markets. And then last year, I headed back to Singapore. So I made 2 round trips between London and Singapore, running a huge cluster of Mastercard’s markets and divisions.
I think one of the things that’s really amazing is in the last 17 years, I had a front row seat to some of the most amazing developments in our industry, including
