Cathy Engelbert is CEO of Deloitte LLP, whose subsidiaries provide audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services. She leads the largest professional services organization in the United States and is responsible for more than 70,000 professionals. Deloitte serves over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, producing measurable and enduring impact on behalf of our clients, people, communities, and society. Since 1986, Engelbert has had a distinguished career serving large and complex global clients. She previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of Deloitte LLP’s audit subsidiary.
Engelbert has held a number of other senior leadership positions at Deloitte. She served on the Deloitte LLP Board of Directors and was a member of the board’s Strategic Investment, Finance & Audit, Risk, and Regulatory & Government Relations Committees. She has also served as national managing partner – regions for Deloitte & Touche LLP; deputy national professional practice director; and the financial accounting and reporting services quality risk manager. Engelbert is a past member of the Deloitte LLP Nominating Committee and Deloitte’s Board Council. She has held partner roles serving several of the world’s leading life sciences and pharmaceutical companies and advises multinational companies on financial instrument accounting matters.
Engelbert has spoken to influential media including CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, FOX Business Network, and Fortune about global business trends, professional services, and Deloitte’s growth strategy. She also frequently discusses how to advance diversity and inclusion in corporate America with major news outlets, including The Washington Post.
She is the chairman of the Center for Audit Quality Governing Board and is listed as one of Fortune’s 2015 Most Powerful Women and among Crain’s 50 Most Powerful Women in New York for 2015. Engelbert is also recognized as one of Working Mother magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2016. She is a member of the board of directors of Catalyst, a member of the American Heart Association CEO Roundtable, the Business Roundtable, and the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board.
A specialist in financial instruments, credit, fair value, and related matters, Engelbert is a former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and was responsible for advising the Financial Accounting Standards Board on strategic issues, project priorities, and other matters that affect accounting standard-setting.
Engelbert received a BS in accounting from Lehigh University and is a certified public accountant licensed in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. She is a member of the Accounting Advisory Board for Lehigh University. Cathy is married and has two children.