Michelle Meyer named chief economist for Mastercard

Purchase-headquartered Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has promoted Michelle Meyer to chief economist and head of the Mastercard Economics Institute, a macro-economic think tank.

In her new role, Meyer and her team will be responsible for developing and delivering differentiated economic, financial, policy and market thought leadership globally for customers and Mastercard. Meyer will oversee a growing team of economists, data scientists, visual artists and storytellers to develop public and proprietary economic reporting derived from Mastercard’s global network and proven external data sources. 

Meyer joined Mastercard in 2022 as chief economist for North America. Prior to joining the company, she was the head of U.S. Economics at Bank of America Global Research and was senior U.S. economist at Barclays Capital.

“The Mastercard Economics Institute helps businesses make sense of the macroeconomic climate and derive relevant information to address their needs,” said Raj Seshadri, Mastercard’s president of data and services. “I have no doubt Michelle’s expertise and acute economic perspective will bring our global insights and analyses to new heights for our customers.”