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Marcelo Bartholo

EY Americas Deputy Managing Principal

Trusted strategy and operations advisor focused on growth and innovation. Inclusive leader committed to quality. Husband. Father. Fluent Portuguese and Spanish speaker. Avid basketball fan. Golfer.

Areas of focus

As the EY Americas Deputy Managing Principal, Marcelo leads operations and strategic projects across the US and Americas geographic area, which represents more than 95,000 people across 33 countries. He also currently serves as a Senior Advisory Partner on select accounts and as the Americas Executive Sponsor for the EY Latinx Professional Network (LPN).

Prior to this role, Marcelo was the EY US-East Region Vice Chair, leading more than 14,000 diverse professionals across all service lines, helping to drive the markets agenda, deliver business growth and cultivate a culture of belonging. Previously, Marcelo served as EY Americas Deputy Vice Chair – Consulting, supporting all strategic and operational aspects of the EY Consulting business in the Americas.

With more than 20 years of experience at EY, Marcelo has also held Regional Risk and Consulting leadership roles, has worked in more than 20 countries across the Americas and Europe and has served as a Global Client Service Partner. He has successfully led major client engagements in several areas including controls, risk transformation, IPO readiness, process improvement and information technology, and has deep sector experience in consumer products, industrial products, energy and technology.

Marcelo is a dedicated advocate for diversity, equity and inclusiveness. He is recognized as a thought leader and believes in the strength of empathetic leadership. Marcelo fulfills this in his current role leading LPN efforts and in his previous roles on the EY Americas Inclusiveness Advisory Council, the US-East Region Ethnicity Task Force and as the EY Americas Consulting D&I Executive Sponsor.

How Marcelo is building a better working world

“I believe in recognizing and valuing differences as strengths and the importance of fostering a culture of inclusion. I am passionate about mentoring and empowering the next generation of leaders to achieve their highest potential to make an even greater impact on our clients and communities.”

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