Jackson P. Tai

Overview

On September 9, 2008, MasterCard Incorporated today announced the election of Jackson Tai to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Jackson Tai, 58, joins the MasterCard board as a Class M director. He is the former Vice Chairman and CEO of DBS Group and DBS Bank Ltd., having served as CEO from June 2002 until December 2007. Mr. Tai joined DBS Group in July 1999 as Chief Financial Officer, and subsequently served as President and Chief Operating Officer until his appointment as CEO. Prior to joining DBS Group, Mr. Tai was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division at J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, where he served 25 years and held several management positions in New York, Tokyo and San Francisco. Mr. Tai currently serves as a director on the Board of Directors of Brookstone, Inc., the ING Groep NV Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors of CapitaLand. He is also a member of the Bloomberg Asia Pacific Advisory Board, the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board and the Harvard China Advisory Group. Mr. Tai also serves as a Trustee of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and serves as a Governor of the San Francisco Symphony.