Liz Buchanan leads the North American business for NielsenIQ, a global information services firm serving the consumer goods and retail industries. She is responsible for the United States and Canadian markets across all business lines and customer segments.
During her 17 years at NielsenIQ, Buchanan has held leadership roles in customer success, sales, product development and technology deployment. Most recently, she oversaw the company’s customer-facing analytics and servicing teams worldwide and led the rollout of the NIQ self-serve analytics platform, NIQ Discover, across 85 countries.
Buchanan has worked extensively across U.S. and global markets and has expertise in data governance and stewardship, data management processes, technologies and analytics. She regularly consults with customers to help them achieve transformation goals in this rapidly evolving space.
She sits on the board of directors for ComEd, an Exelon company, and several Chicago-based nonprofits including Nourishing Hope, Chicago Humanities, Intersect Illinois and World Business Chicago. She is an active champion for civic causes, advocating for diverse political representation through fundraising, organizing and policy work at the local and national levels.
Buchanan is a Class of 2022 Leadership Greater Chicago Signature Fellow and a member of the Economic Club of Chicago.