Chief design officer


"Chief design officer", or "design executive officer", 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.
In the United States, the Chief Design Officer of [the United States|Chief Design Officer] is a position in the federal government, tasked with leading efforts to improve government websites.

CxO

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
Luc DonckerwolkeHyundai Motor Company20182021SangYup LeeYes
Christopher HawthorneCity of Los Angeles2018Current
Rogier van der HeidePhilips Lighting, Zumtobel Group20102017
John Hoke IIINike, Inc.20172023MartinLottiYes
Jonathan 'Jony' IveApple Inc.20152019Role no longer existsYes
Electrolux20122014Lars EriksonYes
Kia20062020Karim HabibYes
3M20132020Brian RiceNo
PepsiCo.20122025Role no longer existsNo
Philips20112022No
Pernilla JohannsonElectrolux20182021Simon BradfordNo
Lars EriksonElectrolux20142018Pernilla Johannson
Hanna HarrisCity of Helsinki2020Current
City of Helsinki20162018Hanna Harris
Logitech20132023Malin LeschlyYes
Opher Yom-TovANZ Bank20172023Role no longer existsNo
Dantley DavisTwitter20192022Role no longer exists
Katrina AlcornIBM 20212023Role no longer existsNo
Phil GilbertIBM 20102021Katrina AlcornNo
Arin BhowmickIBM 20152022Role no longer existsNo
Daniela JorgeCapital One2023Current
Rainer WesslerDBS Bank2021Current
Chooake WongwattanasilpaDBS Bank20192020Rainer Wessler
Roger RohatgiBP2020Current
Lloyds Banking Group20182021Role no longer existsNo
Arin BhowmickSAP2022CurrentNo
Kat CrottyGEICO Insurance2022Current-
Monica Dalla RivaDeutsche Telekom AG2024Current--