# Cheryl Gilberg

> Cheryl Gilberg is Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director at Mizuho Americas, where since 2015 she has built a full-service, digital-first marketing team from scratch and shaped the brand behind a fast-growing corporate and investment bank. With more than 30 years in financial marketing across Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and early fintech, she pairs brand craft with a track record of building - including co-founding Mizuho's first employee resource group. In 2025 she was named CMO of the Year at the Markets Choice Women in Finance Awards.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director at Mizuho Americas
- **Organizations:** Mizuho Americas, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Lava Trading, SunGard
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Advertising and Marketing (summa cum laude), Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- **Known for:** Named CMO of the Year at the 2025 Markets Choice Women in Finance Awards, Built a full-service, digital-first in-house marketing department at Mizuho Americas from the ground up, Co-founded the Mizuho Women's Initiatives Network (M-WIN), the firm's first employee resource group globally

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Held marketing and communications roles at fintech and market-structure firms Lava Trading and SunGard
- **Pre-2015** — Held marketing and communications roles at Citigroup and Morgan Stanley
- **Pre-2015** — Served as Global Head of Marketing & Communications for the Securities Division at Goldman Sachs
- **2015** — Joined Mizuho Americas as Chief Marketing Officer
- **2016** — Introduced a new brand strategy for the Americas, strengthening the firm's corporate image and regional awareness
- **2024** — Featured in FCS 'Moves' spotlight as CMO of Mizuho Americas
- **2025** — Named CMO of the Year at the Markets Choice Women in Finance Awards

## Achievements

- Named CMO of the Year at the 2025 Markets Choice Women in Finance Awards
- Built a full-service, digital-first in-house marketing department at Mizuho Americas from the ground up
- Co-founded the Mizuho Women's Initiatives Network (M-WIN), the firm's first employee resource group globally
- Helped establish additional employee resource groups in the Americas: PRIDE, MADE, MAAP and UNIDOS
- Helped launch Mizuho's Global Women's Network across regions
- Earned numerous Financial Communications Society (FCS) awards for marketing, communications, advertising, design and event production
- Recipient of Ragan's Top Women in Finance Trailblazer Award
- Recipient of a Markets Choice Women in Finance Award for Marketing

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Named CMO of the Year at the 2025 Markets Choice Women in Finance Awards in New York, one of four Mizuho honorees.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mizuhogroup.com/americas/who-we-are/our-people/cheryl-gilberg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cgilberg/

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