As Asia Pacific Head of Consumer Marketing at Mastercard, Kaveri Khullar is a marketing and innovation leader driving digital transformation, AI-powered customer engagement, and business growth across payments, lifestyle, travel, and gaming. Passionate about shaping what’s next, Kaveri has led several breakthrough platform innovations. During the pandemic, she pioneered Mastercard Gamer Exchange, a first-to-market gaming platform that unlocked new revenue streams and addressed loyalty challenges for financial and non-financial institutions, earning the Women in Payments Innovation Award 2025.
In 2025, Kaveri and her team built Mastercard Lifestyle Navigator, an AI-powered travel and lifestyle concierge set for global-first deployment with MakeMyTrip, India’s largest online travel company, later this year.
Her career spans luxury, entertainment, and payments technology, with leadership roles at Diageo, where she led marketing for Johnnie Walker South Asia and launched the ultra-premium Reserve portfolio, and since 2019, at Mastercard. In 2015, she moved to Singapore to lead Global Marketing Innovation for Johnnie Walker Super Deluxe and was later recognized among Campaign Asia-Pacific’s Power 50 marketers.
Since joining Mastercard, Kaveri has built high-performing teams and integrated brand, sponsorships, and digital marketing to accelerate growth. She is also a recognized thought leader, mentor, and keynote speaker, championing innovation, AI, and greater representation for women in technology, gaming, and payments.
