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Encyclopedia > Chief executive officer

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A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization, or agency, reporting to the Board of Directors and/or the Organization's Owner(s). In internal communication and press releases, many companies capitalize the term and those of other high positions, even when they are not proper nouns. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Chief Executive a Chief executive officer, commonly abbreviated CEO, as in a corporation in political administration : a Head of government, either as a separate office or an executive Head of state (absolute Monarch or Executive President), e. ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... Look up company in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... An agency is a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function, such as a customs agency or a space agency. ... Chairman of the Board redirects here. ...

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[edit] International use

In some European Union countries, there are two separate boards, one executive board for the day-to-day business and one supervisory board for control purposes (elected by the shareholders). In these countries, the CEO presides over the executive board and the chairman presides over the supervisory board, and these two roles will always be held by different people. This ensures a distinction between management by the executive board and governance by the supervisory board. This allows for clear lines of authority. The aim is to prevent a conflict of interest and too much power being concentrated in the hands of one person. There is a strong parallel here with the structure of government, which tends to separate the political cabinet from the management civil service. The Corporate Executive Board Company (CEB) is a commercial, for-profit, public firm that provides general best practices research, executive education, and decision support tools to organizations. ... A Supervisory board is a group of individuals chosen by the stockholders of a company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to supervise and control the executive directors and CEO. Germany In Germany the Aufsichtsrat or Supervisory Board is composed of 11 non-executive directors... For other uses, see Management (disambiguation). ... This article is about the governmental body. ... The Roman civil service in action. ...


In the UK, many charities and government agencies are headed by a chief executive who is answerable to a board of trustees or board of directors. In the UK, the chair (of the board) in public companies is more senior than the chief executive. Most public companies now split the roles of chair and chief executive. In France, a CEO/MD is known as the "PDG" (président directeur général); in Sweden, the CEO/MD is known as "VD" (verkställande direktör); in Spain, the usual name is "director general"; while in Italy, the position is called "AD" (which stands for amministratore delegato). In Denmark and Norway the CEO is known as the "administrerende direktør", abbr. adm.dir. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Board of directors. ...


[edit] Structure

Typically, a CEO has a cadre of subordinate executives, each of which has specific functional responsibilities. These direct reporting relationships most often include a chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), chief marketing officer (CMO), chief information officer (CIO), and a director of human resources. CFO redirects here. ... A Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the corporation. ... The Chief Marketing Officer, or CMO, is a job title for an executive responsible for various marketing-related activities within an organization. ... The Chief Information Officer or CIO is a job title for the head of the information technology group within an organization. ... This article is about human resources as it applies to business, labor, and economies. ...


However, depending on the industry in which the company operates and/or the organizational structure the company has employed, various other functional areas may be highlighted through the CEO's direct span of control. Some of these less common monikers include the following: chief business development officer, chief development officer, chief knowledge officer, chief learning officer, chief strategy officer, chief risk officer, chief innovation process officer, chief credit officer, and chief creative officer. A Chief Knowledge Officer is an organizational leader, responsible for ensuring that the organization maximizes the value it achieves through knowledge. CKO is not just a relabelling of the title Chief Information Officer - the CKO role is much broader. ... The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) or Chief Risk Management Officer (CRMO) of a corporation is the executive in charge of assessing and planning for potential risks in the various segments of a given business model, such as computer security, compliance, and lawsuits, to minimize the firms liability and related... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


[edit] See also

Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Corporate title. ... Publicly and privately held for-profit corporations often confer corporate titles or business titles on company officials as a means of identifying their function in the organization. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... A [Chief Channel Officer] (CCO) or Channel Chief Executive is a job title for the head of all indirect revenue with Partner within an organization. ... CFO redirects here. ... A chief visionary officer (CVO) is a function within a company normally established beside the other executive functions like CEO or COO. He has to work as an intermediary between these classical functions and the necessity of looking up the line for the upcoming years. ... A Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the corporation. ... The Chief Information Officer or CIO is a job title for the head of the information technology group within an organization. ... A Chief Information Security Officer or CISO, is a job role that focuses on information security strategy within an organization. ... The Chief Marketing Officer, or CMO, is a job title for an executive responsible for various marketing-related activities within an organization. ... The Chief Analytics Officer or CAO is a job title for a senior manager responsible for the analysis of data within an organization, such as a listed company or an educational institution. ... A chief administrative officer (or CAO) is a corporate officer responsible for management of the personnel of the corporation. ... The Chief Networking Officer (CNO) is a new corporate executive office in the business world; it refers to a person who manages the social capital of a company. ... The Chief Data Officer or CDO is a job title for a member of the executive management team and is the manager of enterprise-wide data processing & data mining. ... A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within a company. ... Chief Technical Officer or Chief Technology Officer, usually seen as CTO, is a business executive position whose holder is focussed on technical issues in a company. ... Chief science officer is a position at the head of research and development and new technology developments at companies with a technology or research focus. ... A Chief Legal Officer (CLO) is the highest-ranking corporate officer concerning legal affairs of a corporation, or agency. ... Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws and institutions affecting the way in which a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. ... A creative director is a position usually found within the advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well. ... Executive compensation is how top executives of business corporations are paid. ... A General Counsel is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a corporation or government department. ... Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries. ...

[edit] Lists

The following is a list of chief executive officers (CEOs) by company. ... List of corporate leaders: Joe Ackermann - Deutsche Bank William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook- newspaper magnate Arthur Andersen - Arthur Andersen Kunitake Ando - Sony John Jacob Astor - Fur trading and real estate Nitchell Baker - Mozilla Corporation Percy Barnevik - Investor Bernard Baruch - Financier, Investor, Presidential advisor Andy Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems Silvio Berlusconi... Heres a list of books written by CEOs, about CEOs, and about business. ... C-level was a cooperative public and private lab, physically located in a basement in Chinatown, Los Angeles. ...

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John R. Seffrin, PhD, has been Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society for the past decade.
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Chief executive officer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (581 words)
A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency.
The term "Chief Executive" is also sometimes used to refer to the politician who is the active ruler of a nation, in circumstances where the titles are not clear.
For example, in Israel the Prime Minister of Israel is the nation's chief executive, while the President of Israel is not.
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