Outgoing Deloitte CEO Cathy Engelbert Is Going to Be Commissioner of the WNBA

Posted on by Jason Bramwell

For those of us wondering what Cathy Engelbert is going to do next once her term as Deloitte CEO ends next month, it looks like we have our answer.

The WNBA announced today that it has hired Engelbert to be the league’s first-ever commissioner. She will take over on July 17, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. Engelbert succeeds Lisa Borders, who stepped down as WNBA president last October.

I’m not exactly sure why but Engelbert will be the first person to hold the title of WNBA commissioner, whereas the other four women who have led the league held the title of WNBA president. Maybe to be more in line with the NBA?

This seems like a really good landing spot for Engelbert, given her love of sports and, especially, basketball. She was a walk-on basketball player at Lehigh University and played under current Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw. As a senior in 1986, she captained Lehigh to an East Coast Conference title. Engelbert also played lacrosse at Lehigh and was a senior captain.

In a statement, Engelbert said:

“It is an absolute privilege to be joining the WNBA at such an exciting and important time in its history. I see tremendous opportunity to bolster visibility for the sport of women’s basketball, empower the players, and enhance fan engagement. I look forward to using my business expertise and passion for basketball to promote women in the game and beyond, and to working with the teams and world-class athletes to help grow this league into a thriving business.”

In addition, the WNBA posted the following video message from Engelbert on Twitter:

Engelbert, a former chairman and CEO of Deloitte’s audit practice, Deloitte & Touche, was named CEO of Deloitte in March 2015, becoming the first woman CEO of a Big 4 firm in the U.S.

However, she was not nominated by the firm’s board of directors last year to serve a second four-year term as CEO. Current Deloitte & Touche Chairman and CEO Joe Ucuzoglu will take over as Deloitte CEO on June 2.

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Following up on our previous post that addressed the high level discussions at the firm, some people started getting calls on Friday and more are having meetings today:


Our first tipster was a recently promoted to Senior Associate in ERS Tech Risk in the Northeast:

Year end rating of 2, 18% [raise].

And the latest from Houston for an 5th year Senior Associate in audit:

Audit 4th year senior going into my 5th year from the Houston Office (Mid-America Region).

As a 1-rated senior my numbers were:

9.9% raise
10.4% AIP bonus

In addition, we received a couple of slides that could be of interest to you on the following two pages.

Here are details for “Rewards and Recognition” which spells out the awards in the program and last year’s stats:

Sixty-nine percent of SMs receiving a bonus seems impressive and the Outstanding Performance award could pay out nicely if you’re lucky enough to get one on the high end. The Service Anniversary award, on the other hand, is not impressive at all.


If this slide looks familiar, it’s because it is very similar to one we posted back in July that showed Deloitte’s efforts to revamp their comp structure. The previous slide showed the AIP pool for Senior Consultants while this one is for Senior Managers (although :

So share your details as they roll in and feel free to comment on the results, the slides and anything else that tickles your fancy (as it relates to Green Dot Comp).