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Ajaypal "Ajay" Singh Banga is the current president and chief executive officer of MasterCard.〔http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/newsroom/ceo_transition_announcement.html〕 MasterCard announced on April 12, 2010 that Ajay Banga, previously MasterCard’s president and chief operating officer, had been named by the Board of Directors to serve as the company’s president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2010. The company also announced that Banga would become a member of MasterCard’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Banga, 50, succeeded Robert W. Selander, who had been MasterCard’s chief executive officer since March 1997.〔http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/newsroom/ceo_transition_announcement.html〕 On Thursday, February 5, 2015, President Barack Obama appointed Banga to serve as a Member of the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. 〔http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/05/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts〕 Presently, he is also the chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) representing more than three hundred of the largest international companies investing in India. He is also a member of board of directors of the Dow Chemical Company; member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and member of International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.〔http://www.latestgktoday.com/ajaypal-singh-banga-appointed-as-member-of-us-advisory-committee-for-trade-policy-and-negotiations/〕 ==Early life== Born into a Saini Sikh family in Khadki,Pune, Maharashtra in India where his father, an army officer, was posted. The family's origin is from Jalandhar in Punjab. His father is retired lieutenant-general Harbhajan Singh Banga who is a decorated army general of Indian Army. He is also the younger brother of another well known CEO M S Banga. Banga grew up and schooled across India, successively in Secunderabad, Jalandhar, Delhi, Hyderabad and in Shimla, where he finished his schooling.〔http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/biz/international-business/Delhi-whiz-Ajay-Banga-becomes-MasterCard-CEO/articleshow/5788801.cms〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ajaypal Singh Banga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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