Speaker Profile

Margo Georgiadis
President of Americas Operations / Google

Margo Georgiadis is the President of Americas Operations at Google. She leads the company's North American and Latin American advertising sales and operations teams, which provide digital solutions to Google's large and small clients. Previously, from 2009 to 2011, she was VP of Global Sales Operations with responsibility for driving Google’s global sales operations and strategies, as well as leading the technology teams that enable the successful commercialization of Google’s products.

Prior to her current role, Margo was the Chief Operating Officer of Groupon, Inc. and before that, she spent five years as Executive Vice President of Card Products and Chief Marketing Officer of Discover Financial Services, where she led a radical turnaround of business performance and revitalized its rewards leadership with award-winning new products, customer experience and marketing. Prior to Discover, Margo was a partner at McKinsey and Company for 15 years in London and Chicago. She was a leader in the Marketing and Retail practices, and co-founded the customer acquisition and management and retail marketing practices.

Margo has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ad Council, The Jones Group, NorthShore University HealthSystem, The Economic Club of Chicago and is a member of the Committee of 200 and Commercial Club of Chicago.