By Yemisi Suleiman

The Mastercard Foundation is proud to announce the launch of its new podcast, “Transcending Boundaries – Conversations with Reeta Roy.” This compelling series seeks to inspire and motivate the next generation of leaders to champion values-based leadership and create lasting, positive change.

Hosted by Reeta Roy, President & CEO at the Mastercard Foundation, the podcast features candid conversations with remarkable international leaders, including former heads of state, human rights advocates, and social innovators. “In my life as a leader, I have learned it is vital to begin a conversation by listening,” says Reeta Roy, President & CEO at the Mastercard Foundation. “Through the conversations in Transcending Boundaries, we offer a rare opportunity to learn from people who have changed the course of their own lives and the world. Understanding the formative years that shaped the lives, and the journeys, of these extraordinary leaders is a source of wisdom and encouragement. We all have the capacity to be leaders and to make a difference.”

The series debuts with a powerful first episode featuring Nobel Laureate and former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
President Sirleaf discusses the formative experiences that shaped her vision, the mentors who
guided her, and the values that sustained her through times of challenge and triumph.
“I did have the experience of being strong in success while maintaining self-confidence in defeat,” says Sirleaf. “My mother’s strength, in being able to provide that care, and at the same time being able to coach her children that they stayed focused on getting an education, staying in school, preparing themselves, I think therein lies my own strength of character. My own ability to forge ahead if I see there is something that will improve not only me but the society in which I live.”
Other episodes will feature a distinguished lineup of guests who have made a profound impact in their fields including Former UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights and Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and
Rwanda Louise Arbour, and Former Irish President Mary Robinson.
Through these conversations, listeners will gain valuable insights into the experiences and influences that shaped some of the world’s most inspiring changemakers.
The podcast will be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and the Mastercard Foundation’s website.
Follow the conversation on social media using #TranscendingBoundaries and @MastercardFoundation.