Ken Moore

Ken Moore is Chief Innovation Officer at Mastercard and a member of the company's Management Committee. He leads the Mastercard Foundry organisation, inclusive of R&D, Digital Futures, Product Lifecycle Management and Experience Research & Design teams. In this role, Ken is responsible for the company's innovation agenda, including incubating and bringing new products and services to market, unlocking the potential of emerging technologies, and anticipating changes in customer needs.

Ken Moore leads Mastercard Foundry, which he has described as scanning roughly 20 emerging technologies on a six to seven year horizon. He's a technologist by background (with experience spanning banking software, global markets, startups, consulting, and Citi), and he describes his role as a "practical innovator": spotting where commerce is going and building production-grade products that can scale globally. Mastercard shipped Agent Pay and Agentic Tokens, production-grade infrastructure enabling secure AI-driven transactions with consumer consent and enterprise-grade trust, with Ken Moore's leadership seeing agentic commerce unlocking a $10T+ opportunity by 2030.

Ken is an advisory board member to the World Intellectual Property Organisation on the production of the Global Innovation Index. He is an Expert-in-Residence at Harvard Innovation Labs at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He extended Mastercard's partner ecosystem by scaling its global startup engagement program Start Path, which helps innovative later-stage startups grow.

Career history

• Joined Mastercard in 2016 as Executive Vice President, Mastercard Labs, where he led the teams creating new products and experiences in digital payments, financial inclusion and the commercial space.
• Prior to joining Mastercard, Ken held roles of increasing seniority at Citi, Accenture and Misys.

Ken holds a BSc in Commercial Computer Applications from the Institute of Technology in Waterford, Ireland and is a certified Board Director with the Institute of Directors. He has over 25 years of experience in International Financial Services across retail and corporate banking and has worked extensively throughout the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

What Ken Moore could bring to Chief Innovation Officer at Mastercard: Moore's extensive background as a "practical innovator" combining deep financial services expertise with emerging technology foresight positions him uniquely to translate research into market-ready products. His track record scaling Mastercard Foundry to scan 20+ emerging technologies while successfully commercializing Agent Pay and Agentic Tokens demonstrates his ability to balance exploratory R&D with enterprise-scale execution—a critical capability as Mastercard positions itself for the anticipated $10T+ agentic commerce opportunity.