Shamina Singh named to President’s Export Council

Indian American Mastercard executive is charged with advancing inclusive growth and financial inclusion around the world

President Biden intends to appoint Shamina Singh, a leading Indian American business leader as a member of he President’s Export Council which serves as the principal national advisory committee on international trade.

“I am deeply honoured to join the group of esteemed leaders that make up the President’s Export Council,” said Singh, the Founder and President of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. She also serves as the Executive Vice President of Sustainability at Mastercard and is a member of the company’s Management Committee.

Singh “has drawn on over 20 years of global experience to develop a unique social impact model that leverages the assets of the public and private sector,” according to her profile issued by the White House announcing Biden’s intent to appoint her on July 14.

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Singh joins a growing number of Indian Americans serving in key positions in the Biden administration which has a record 150-plus members of the community in key roles.

The Export Council advises the President of government policies and programs that affect US trade performance; promotes export expansion; and provides a forum for discussing and resolving trade-related problems among the business, industrial, agricultural, labor, and government sectors.

In 2018, Mastercard created the Mastercard Impact Fund with an initial $500 million investment. Singh was named President and charged with activating those philanthropic dollars to advance inclusive growth and financial inclusion around the world. “Her leadership has contributed to Mastercard’s global leadership and reputation of doing well by doing good,” according to the profile.

“Through that work, and particularly at Mastercard, I’ve learned how the dialogue between the public and private sector can open bigger doors more widely than many other approaches,” Singh said.

“I’ve seen firsthand the catalytic impact that can result from effective cross-sector partnerships. I look forward to bringing this perspective to the Council, serving the Administration and having an opportunity to advance America’s economic interests across the globe,” she added.

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Deeply committed to public service, Singh has held senior positions in the White House and the US House of Representatives, according to the profile. Singh was Executive Director of the first President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

In 2015, she was appointed by then President Barack Obama and confirmed by the US Senate to a six-year term on the board of AmeriCorps. She served as chair for two years. She serves on the boards of the Anti-Defamation League and the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders.

Singh co-chairs the Ad Council of America’s Advisory Committee on Public Issues and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship and the New York Department of Financial Services Innovation.

She has been named to the Financial Times Top 100 LGBT+ Executives and Fast Company‘s Queer 50 lists. Singh has studied at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the Indian School of Business.

Singh earned a Bachelor of Science from Old Dominion University and a Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. She received the alumni of distinction award from both institutions.