Catherine Engelbert is an American business executive and Commissioner of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Before joining the WNBA, she had been with Deloitte for 33 years, including as its first female CEO from 2015 to 2019.
Catherine Engelbert joined Deloitte in 1986 and worked with the company until retiring in 2019. She joined the WNBA later in 2019. In an interview, she credited Deloitte's early focus on supporting women in the workplace as being important for her career.
Prior to being appointed the CEO of Deloitte in March 2015, she was the chairman and CEO of the audit subsidiary, Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Other senior positions Engelbert held at Deloitte include national managing partner - regions for Deloitte & Touche; deputy national professional practice director; and financial accounting and reporting services quality risk manager. She was named a partner in 1998.
On May 15, 2019, she was named the first commissioner of the WNBA (previous WNBA leaders had been titled "president"). Engelbert officially assumed her new role on July 17, 2019.
