Raja Rajamannar has served as a member of the Bon Secours Mercy Health (“BSMH”) board of directors since its formation in September 2018. Mr. Rajamannar is a senior fellow at Mastercard, serving as a true brand ambassador following an extraordinary 12-year tenure as chief marketing and communications officer.
Mr. Rajamannar is globally recognized for his innovative thinking, leadership in business transformation that he has brought to executive roles across industries, and leadership in Mastercard’s marketing and brand transformation.
An inductee into the AAF Advertising Hall of Fame, Forbes’ CMO Hall of Fame, and AMA Marketing Hall of Fame, Mr. Rajamannar has been recognized as one of Business Insider’s Most Innovative CMOs seven times. He was also named WFA Global Marketer of the Year, Advertising Person of the Year by the Ad Club of New York, Adweek’s Brand Genius and Grand Brand Genius, Billboard’s Top Branding Power Player and Fashion Group International’s Tech and Brand Innovation Award recipient, among many other recognitions.
Mr. Rajamannar holds a BTech in chemical engineering from Osmania University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.