Margaret (Margo) Georgiadis is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Discover Financial Services, and a member of the Company’s Executive Committee.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Margo is responsible for all strategic and tactical marketing functions across all product lines in the United States.  She plays a key role in driving the overall strategy of Discover and is responsible for the Discover brand.  She manages all Discover Card businesses, including consumer and business credit cards, reward programs, fee products, stored value products, pricing, e-commerce, and telemarketing.  Her team also provides shared services such as advertising, creative services, consumer insights, and product development.

Prior to joining Discover, Margo was a Partner at McKinsey & Company in the London and Chicago offices.  She led the Marketing and Retail practices, and also co-founded the Customer Acquisition and Management, and Retail Marketing Practices.   Before joining McKinsey, she was an economist for the Indonesian Government working for the Minister of Finance and BULOG (food logistics agency).

Margo holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.  She is a member of The Chicago Network and the Committee of 200.  She is also active in the community and serves on several boards.  Her free time centers on her husband and three children. 

About Discover Financial Services
Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), operates the Discover Card with more than 50 million cardmembers, the Discover Network with millions of merchant and cash access locations, and the Goldfish credit card business in the United Kingdom. Discover also operates the PULSE ATM/debit network, which serves more than 4,400 financial institutions and includes nearly 260,000 ATMs, as well as point-of-sale terminals, nationwide. For more information, visit www.discoverfinancial.com, www.discovercard.com, www.discovernetwork.com or www.pulse-eft.com.