Mara Pometti

Mara is a pioneering architect of AI experiences and Vice President of Agentic Experience Strategy —a totally new role and proposition she developed at Mastercard. Mara’s work reimagines AI not merely as a tool embedded in products, but as an experience to be designed—one where intelligence becomes a natural extension of how people think, decide, and interact. At Mastercard, she brings this vision to life by shaping new experiences for the emerging agentic economy, where intelligent systems act on behalf of businesses across payments, operations, commerce, and financial ecosystems. For Mara, money and payments are not just transactions but human experiences. She uses AI to reimagine financial interactions so they become adaptive, safe, and tailored to each business’s context and needs. Previously, at McKinsey's QuantumBlack, she led the design and development of AI solutions and advised global clients on AI strategy. As a Technology Council Fellow, she spearheaded R&D on AI explain