Mattel Inc. named Margarey H. Georgiadis as chief executive officer, effective Feb. 8, 2017. Georgiadis, who will also join Mattel’s Board of Directors, was most recently president, Americas at Google Inc.
Georgiadis will succeed Christopher A. Sinclair as CEO. Sinclair, who has led the company as chairman and CEO since early 2015, joined Mattel’s Board in 1996 and has served previously as independent lead director and chair of the executive and audit committees. Going forward, he will serve as executive chairman of the board. Richard Dickson stays as president and chief operating officer.
As president, Americas at Google from 2011-2017, Georgiadis led the company’s commercial operations and advertising sales in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. Her prior roles at Google include leading global sales operations and expanding local and commerce businesses. Georgiadis has also served as chief operating officer of Groupon Inc., and executive vice president of card products and chief marketing officer of discover financial services.
Georgiadis currently serves on the boards of directors of McDonald’s Corporation and Amyris Inc. She also serves on the boards of non-profit entities including The Economic Club of Chicago and the Ad Council, where she is board chair. Previously she served on the board of The Jones Group Inc.
