Sonali Desai

Sonali Desai is the Vice President of the Mastercard Economics Institute, where they lead efforts in business strategy and customer alignment. Previously, Sonali served as a Business Leader at MasterCard Worldwide from 2006 to 2017, generating insights to support marketing plans and business strategies. Before that, they held roles at ACNielsen International Research and ACNielsen, managing research projects and developing client accounts. Sonali's early career included a position as Senior Research Executive at Marketing and Research Group (MARG). They hold a BSc in Life Sciences from St. Xavier's College, an MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, and an MIA in International Business and Affairs from Columbia University.