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"Chief design officer" (CDO), or "design executive officer" (DEO), is a corporate title sometimes given to an executive in charge of an organization's design initiatives. The CDO is typically responsible for overseeing all design and innovation aspects of a company's products and services, including product design, architectural design, graphic design, user experience design, industrial design, and package design. They may also be responsible for aspects of advertising, marketing, and engineering.

The position has emerged only recently, with chief design officers taking on roles that may have previously been assumed by a chief marketing officer, chief product officer, chief brand officer or delegated to lower-ranking design executives. As with many other CxO roles it does not necessarily mean the role reports to the CEO. In some companies the title is in name only and does not actually mean the role holder is an executive. Some companies - such as IBM have many CDOs as executives of major divisions within the corporation.

Chief Design Officers

NameCompanyFromToSucceed byReports to CEO
Eric Quint 3M [1] 20132020Brian RiceNo
Mauro Porcini PepsiCo. [2] [3] 2012CurrentNo [4]
Sean Carney Philips [5] 20112022No
Luc Donckerwolke Hyundai-Kia2018CurrentYes
Peter Schreyer Kia Motors [6] 20062018 Luc Donckerwolke Yes
Pernilla JohannsonElectrolux20182021Simon BradfordNo
Lars EriksonElectrolux20142018Pernilla Johannson [7]
Stefano Marzano Electrolux [8] 20122014Lars EriksonYes
Hanna HarrisCity of Helsinki [9] 2020Current
Anne Stenros City of Helsinki [10] 20162018Hanna Harris
Christopher Hawthorne City of Los Angeles [11] 2018Current
Alastair Curtis Logitech [12] 2013CurrentYes
Opher Yom-Tov ANZ Bank [13] 20172023Role no longer existsNo
Dantley Davis Twitter 20192022Role no longer exists
Katrina Alcorn IBM (Global)20212023No
Phil Gilbert IBM (Global) [14] 20102021Katrina AlcornNo
Arin Bhowmick IBM (Product Division)20152022Role no longer existsNo
Daniela Jorge CapitalOne 2023Current
Rainer Wessler DBS Bank2021Current
Chooake Wongwattanasilpa DBS Bank20192020Rainer Wessler
Jonathan 'Jony' Ive Apple Inc. [15] 20152019Role no longer existsYes
Dan Makoski Lloyds Banking Group [16] 20182021Role no longer existsNo
Rogier van der Heide Philips Lighting, [17] Zumtobel Group [18] 20102017
Arin Bhowmick SAP 2022CurrentNo

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