Corporate Executive Definitions

COO – Chief Operation Officer
A chief operations (or operating) officer, a senior executive responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of a company or other institution.

CIO – Chief Information Officer
A chief information officer, or CIO, is the company executive responsible for the management, implementation, and usability of information and computer technologies.

CDO – Chief Digital Officer
A Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is an individual who helps a company, a government organisation or a city drive growth by converting traditional “analog” businesses to digital ones, and oversees operations in the rapidly changing digital sectors like mobile applications, social media and related applications, virtual goods, as well as “wild” web-based information management and marketing

CIO – Chief Investment Officer
Oversees a team of professionals who have responsibilities such as managing and monitoring investment activity, managing pension funds, working with external analysts, and maintaining good investor relations. They also develop short-term and long-term investment policies.

CRO – Chief Risk Officer
executive accountable for enabling the efficient and effective governance of significant risks, and related opportunities, to a business and its various segments.

CRO – Chief Revenue officer
Responsible for all revenue generation processes in an organization.

CMO – Chief Marketing officer
responsible for activities in an organization that have to do with creating, communicating and delivering offerings that have value for customers, clients or business partners.

CMO – Chief Merchandising Officer
Responding to the demands of Brick and Mortar and the new digital retail revolution requires a significant shift in the skill set of today’s CMO — a shift that departs from focusing on in-store merchandising and instead on orchestrating digital engagement with in-store value.

CFO Chief Financial Officer
Primary responsibility for managing the company’s finances, including financialplanning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting. In some sectors, theCFO is also responsible for analysis of data.

CEO – Chief Executive Officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) is the highest-ranking executive in a company, and their primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors and corporate operations, and being the public face of the company. A CEO often has a position on the board; in some cases, they are even the chair.

President –
The President is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group. The relationship between the president and the Chief Executive Officer varies, depending on the structure of the specific organization.

TreasureR –
Treasurers serve as financial risk managers that seek to protect a company’s value from the financial risks it faces from its business activities.

CAO – Chief Administrative Officer –
A chief administrative officer (CAO) is a top-tier executive who most often reports to the chief executive officer (CEO). The CAO manages the day-to-day operations of a business and is sometimes referred to as the chief operating officer