Our Executives

Payal Dalal
Executive Vice President, Global Programs, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Payal Dalal is the executive vice president of Global Programs at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. She oversees the Center’s philanthropic investments across the globe and heads its Thought Leadership team.

Previously, Payal was head of Global Community Programs for Standard Chartered, where she oversaw all programs related to education, health, emergency response and disaster relief. She joined the bank as the head of Public Affairs for the Americas. 

With a professional background in international philanthropy and politics, Payal worked for a wide range of public sector organizations, including the World Affairs Council, the Global Philanthropy Forum and The Earth Institute at Columbia University. She also worked on foreign policy for the Office of President William J. Clinton, where she was appointed as a program advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

Payal has extensive experience in financial services as well. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, she worked on the launch of the AT&T Universal Savings and Reward Card for Citi.

She holds an MBA and an MPA from New York University (NYU) and a BA from Stanford University.