American Express CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of American Express?

The CEO of American Express is Stephen J. Squeri.

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American Express CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Stephen J. Squeri is the American Express's CEO. American Express has 63,700 employees, of which 57 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The American Express executive team is 49% female and 51% male.
61% of the management team is White.
14% of American Express management is Hispanic or Latino.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Stephen J. Squeri

CEO

Chairman and CEO of American Express. Proud to lead an extraordinary group of colleagues who back our customers and communities every day.

Anna Marrs

Anré D. Williams

Denise Pickett

Raymond Donald Joabar

Jeffrey C. Campbell

Vice Chairman and CFO

Mr. Campbell has been Executive Vice President, Finance, of the Company since July 2013 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since August 2013. Mr. Campbell joined American Express from McKesson Corporation, a health care services company, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2004.

Daniel Vasella

Board Member

Douglas E. Buckminster

Vice Chairman

Heidi Messer

Board Member

Jennifer Skyler

Chief Corp. Affairs Officer

Ms. Skyler is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at American Express. She joined American Express in October 2019 from WeWork, where she was Chief Communications Officer since 2016. Previously, Ms. Skyler was at Facebook where she oversaw its consumer communications and data science teams. Ms. Skyler began her career in newsrooms. At CBS, she was part of the team that was nominated for two Emmy awards and won the Alfred I. duPont Award for political coverage during the 2008 election.

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American Express board members

Name & TitleBio

Stephen J. Squeri

CEO

Chairman and CEO of American Express. Proud to lead an extraordinary group of colleagues who back our customers and communities every day.

Jeffrey C. Campbell

Vice Chairman and CFO

Daniel Vasella

Board Member

Douglas E. Buckminster

Vice Chairman

Heidi Messer

Board Member

Ronald A. Williams

Board Member

Ted Leonsis

Board Member

Anne Lauvergeon

Board Member

Charlene Barshefsky

Board Member

Charles Phillips

Board Member

American Express leadership demographics

American Express gender distribution in management team

The American Express executive team is 49% female and 51% male.
American Express is 52% female and 48% male company-wide.

Male

51%

Company-wide: 48%

Female

49%

Company-wide: 52%

American Express executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among American Express executive officers is White.
61% of the management team is White.
14% of American Express's management is Hispanic or Latino.
12% of the management team is Asian.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
57% of employees are White.
15% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
13% of employees are Asian.

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What employees say about the executives at American Express

Employee reviews

3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021

Pros of working at American Express

Working from home

Cons of working at American Express

They need more supervisors in lead positions.

American Express benefits

Working from home, Monday thru Friday

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2020

Pros of working at American Express

Challenging work and good supervision, grreat travel benefits

American Express benefits

Good bonus plan and competent management,

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Updated November 18, 2022

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