As chief marketing & communications officer, Roxanne Taylor is responsible for Accenture's global marketing and communications activities, including image and market development, corporate and financial communications, industry analyst and media relations, brand management, advertising and research. She leads Accenture’s global team of more than 800 marketing and communications professionals, and is also a member of Accenture's Global Management Committee.
Prior to being appointed to her current role in August 2007, Ms. Taylor served as Accenture’s managing director of corporate and financial communications. She joined the company in 1995 as director of marketing and communications for the Financial Services practice and was promoted to partner in 2000.
Before joining Accenture, Ms. Taylor held corporate communications, investor relations and marketing roles for Reuters and Citicorp. She also served in a variety of product-development, sales and marketing positions with Credit Suisse Bank and the Deak-Perera Group.
Ms. Taylor is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, 100 Women in Hedge Funds and the Marketing 50. She also serves on the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and on the National Council for Research on Women’s Corporate Circle Advisory Board. In addition, she serves on the board of Only Make Believe, a non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children living in hospitals and care facilities throughout New York City.
Ms. Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland.