India represents MasterCard’s second largest employee base and the company has grown its female ranks in the country – now 1,500 compared to less than a 100 a few years ago, says Ron Garrow, chief human resources officer at payments network MasterCard.
The firm aims to grow that number 10% every year. “We observe that the percentage of buying choices made by women across the globe is more than 85%,” Garrow says. “We need more women because it is a business case for us and we are focusing on that.”