The Mastercard Foundation is launching a new podcast to inspire and motivate the next generation to lead with purpose and act with courage.
Transcending Boundaries – Conversations with Reeta Roy is an engrossing new series that follows the lives, leadership journeys, and thoughts of extraordinary international leaders such as past heads of state, human rights champions, and social entrepreneurs.
The podcast, hosted by Reeta Roy, President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, includes talks that shed light on the experiences and influences that formed some of the world’s most outstanding changemakers.
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“In my life as a leader, I have learned it is vital to begin a conversation by listening,” says Reeta Roy, President & CEO at the Mastercard Foundation. “Through the conversations in Transcending Boundaries, we offer a rare opportunity to learn from people who have changed the course of their own lives and the world. Understanding the formative years that shaped the lives and the journeys of these extraordinary leaders is a source of wisdom and encouragement. We all have the capacity to be leaders and to make a difference.”
The podcast features Nobel Laureate and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who discusses her vision, mentors, and values. Sirleaf, a trailblazer in governance and women’s rights, shares her formative experiences, mentors, and resilience through challenges and triumphs.
“I did have the experience of being strong in success while maintaining self-confidence in defeat,” says Sirleaf. “My mother’s strength, in being able to provide that care and at the same time being able to coach her children so that they stayed focused on getting an education, staying in school, and preparing themselves, I think therein lies my own strength of character. My own ability to forge ahead if I see there is something that will improve not only me but the society in which I live.”
Transcending Boundaries, a weekly series airing on March 10, 2025, invites listeners to engage in a crucial conversation on leadership, values, and transformation in today’s world.
It will be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and the Mastercard Foundation’s website.
