Using the Transcending Boundaries Podcast Conversations, we seek to offer listeners a rare opportunity to learn from remarkable individuals who have transformed the course of their own personal lives as well as the world. – Reeta Roy
Toronto, Canada—March 10, 2025
In a bold step to challenge, inspire, and motivate the next generation to lead with purpose and act with courage, the Mastercard Foundation has announced the launch of a new podcast, Transcending Boundaries.
Transcending Boundaries is an engaging series of conversations that focuses on the lives, extraordinary leadership journeys, and insights of remarkable international leaders, including former heads of state, human rights advocates, and social innovators.
The podcast’s episodes feature high-profile individuals, including Louise Arbour, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; former Irish President Mary Robinson; and former Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf.
The leadership-centered podcast debuts with an inspiring first episode that features Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Laureate and former President of Liberia. Here, as a seasoned pioneer in governance and women’s rights, Sirleaf opens up about past experiences that shaped her leadership vision and the challenges that she overcame in her quest.
Hosted by the President & CEO of Mastercard Foundation, Reeta Roy, these conversations seek to reveal past experiences and influences that the world’s prominent leaders & changemakers faced while on their leadership journeys.
According to Reeta Roy, the formative years that shaped the journeys of these extraordinary leaders are a source of wisdom and encouragement to aspiring leaders.
Commencing on March 10, 2025, the weekly, eight-episode series invites listeners to be part of a vital conversation on leadership, values, and transformation that is highly relevant in today’s world.
All the episodes of the conversation will be available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. To engage in this vital online conversation, join the interactions:
Transcending Boundaries and Mastercard Foundation.
