Suzy Deering
Suzy Deering is a seasoned marketing leader best known for her tenures as Chief Marketing Officer at two of America's most iconic brands — Ford Motor Company and eBay. At Ford, she led the brand's marketing transformation during a pivotal period of electrification and cultural repositioning, overseeing campaigns that reconnected the automaker with younger and broader audiences. Her appointment as CMO of eBay prior to that further cemented her reputation as a marketer capable of revitalizing legacy consumer brands. Deering has built her career around brand strategy, consumer engagement, and large-scale marketing operations, with experience spanning automotive, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Earlier in her career she held senior marketing roles at Verizon, where she developed expertise in performance marketing and customer acquisition at scale. In her current role as CEO of Publicis Sports, Deering leads the Publicis Groupe unit focused on sports marketing and sponsorship, applying her brand-side perspective to help clients navigate the rapidly growing sports media and partnership landscape.
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Bio
Suzy Deering is a seasoned marketing leader best known for her tenures as Chief Marketing Officer at two of America's most iconic brands — Ford Motor Company and eBay. At Ford, she led the brand's marketing transformation during a pivotal period of electrification and cultural repositioning, overseeing campaigns that reconnected the automaker with younger and broader audiences. Her appointment as CMO of eBay prior to that further cemented her reputation as a marketer capable of revitalizing legacy consumer brands. Deering has built her career around brand strategy, consumer engagement, and large-scale marketing operations, with experience spanning automotive, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Earlier in her career she held senior marketing roles at Verizon, where she developed expertise in performance marketing and customer acquisition at scale. In her current role as CEO of Publicis Sports, Deering leads the Publicis Groupe unit focused on sports marketing and sponsorship, applying her brand-side perspective to help clients navigate the rapidly growing sports media and partnership landscape.
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- Served as CMO of Ford Motor Company, leading marketing during the brand's electric vehicle transformation era
- Appointed CMO of eBay, overseeing brand revitalization for one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms
- Named CEO of Publicis Sports, a newly elevated sports marketing unit within Publicis Groupe