Anand Raghuraman is Chief of Staff to the Vice Chairman and President for Strategic Growth at Mastercard, Amb. Jon Huntsman.

Previously, he was a Director of Global Public Policy, where he shaped the company’s strategic engagement and thought leadership on cutting-edge topics at the intersection of geopolitics, digital governance, and trade. He also coordinates Mastercard’s engagement in key geopolitical forums, such as G20, APEC, as well as the U.S.-India CEO Forum.

Anand was also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads research initiatives on U.S.-India digital cooperation and publishes expert commentary on Indian data governance and digital policy initiatives. In 2022, Anand spearheaded the Atlantic Council’s flagship U.S.-India Digital Economy Task Force and led the drafting of its flagship report “The Case for a U.S.-India Digital Handshake.”

Anand has also had a dynamic global career in the private sector and think tank space, most recently as a Vice President at The Asia Group, a leading strategic advisory firm. In this role, Anand helped lead the firm’s client servicing and market expansion in India and managed multi-year research partnerships with Bloomberg Asia and the Observer Research Foundation. He also served as Special Assistant to Ambassador Richard R. Verma. Prior to this, Anand was a Brent Scowcroft Award Fellow with the Aspen Strategy Group and a Fulbright grantee based in Afyon, Türkiye.

Anand is committed to engaging across disciplines to shape the next generation of U.S. national security and technology policy. In 2023, he was selected as an International Strategy Forum Fellow by Schmidt Futures and named a Corporate Leader with the Council on Foreign Relations. He was previously a Rising Leader with the Aspen Strategy Group and a member of the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign’s South Asia Policy Working Group.

Anand holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University, where he graduated summa cum laude. A Seattle native, he is an amateur backgammon player and an avid fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s legendary qawwali music.