Roger C. Hochschild was named Chief Executive Officer and President, effective October 2018, and was elected to the Discover Board of Directors in August 2018. 

Roger was President and Chief Operating Officer of Discover from 2004 to 2018. He was Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Strategic Officer for Morgan Stanley from 2001 to 2004, and was Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer for Discover from 1998 to 2001, when Discover was a part of Morgan Stanley.

Roger holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.