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Suzanne Kounkel

Deloitte Global Chief Marketing Officer

Suzanne is the Deloitte Global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). As the leader of Deloitte’s global brand, marketing, communications, and partnerships, Suzanne challenges her team to push the bounds of creativity and collaboration in pursuit of healthy business growth and proud talent.

Her trifecta of business strategy, technology, and marketing experience provides the essential foundation for spearheading brand, marketing, communications, and partnerships in an era of rapid change and groundbreaking innovation. After serving as the CMO of Deloitte US for seven years, Suzanne’s current priorities in her Global role include activating Deloitte’s brand in the market in bold and memorable ways, and digital and data transformation to inform marketing and sales.

Suzanne works with her team to prioritize using data-driven insights to develop transformative digital marketing strategies that cover the market more efficiently, create opportunity, and drive meaningful value for Deloitte firms and their clients. Through strategic collaboration, her teams help Deloitte firms build enduring client relationships by delivering elevated experiences at premier events.

Suzanne frequently lends her voice to broader industry conversations on topics close to her CMO heart—such as the importance of having a purpose-driven brand, the influence of creativity in business transformation, keeping creativity at the forefront in times of economic uncertainty, and amplifying marketing’s voice in the C-Suite and boardroom.

She sits on the Board of Directors for the Ad Council and is a member of the Association of National Advertisers’ (ANA) Global CMO Growth Council where she focuses on helping CMOs leverage data and technology to connect with customers. As an active member of her community, Suzanne is also a board member of buildOn West Coast, a nonprofit organization that strives to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education.