Corporate title
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Notes on corporate titles.
List of Corporate title
List of positions or titles used in companies
- CEO - Chief executive officer top executive
- The executive in the highest position; it often refers to the chairman of the board of directors or the chairman of the company. But this is not always the case.
- CFO - Chief Financial Officer (top financial executive)
- The top officer responsible for the company's money. Mainly handles fund-related work in cash flow, investment management, and business planning.
- In small and medium-sized companies, the CAO (Chief Administrative Officer, top administrative officer), who manages the entire administrative division including general affairs, is often called the CFO.
- CTO - Chief Technology Officer (top technology executive)
- The top officer in charge of technology-related research, development, product development, and so on in the company.
- CMO - Chief Markting Officer (top marketing executive)
- The top officer in charge of planning, executing, and evaluating the marketing plan of the whole company. Marketing management covers both commercial distribution (products, prices, distribution channels, etc.) and physical distribution (transport, loading and unloading, storage, packaging, etc.).
- CIO - Chief Information Officer (top information management officer)
- The person responsible for the information technology and computer systems of the whole company.
- COO - Chief Operation Officer (top management officer)
- The chief operating officer, who oversees the company's internal business.
- Depending on the company, also called chief business officer, chief executing officer, top business officer, and so on.
- CPO - Chief Privacy Officer (personal information protection officer)
- Refers to the officer in charge of personal information management. Also called chief information officer or chief privacy officer, and nicknamed "cyber sheriff".
- Responsible for finding and correcting policies that violate government privacy regulations and laws, and for putting safeguards in place to protect member information from cybercrime such as hacking.
- CKO - Chief Knowledge Officer (top knowledge officer)
- Raises the organization's competitiveness by encouraging learning about knowledge management and administration, and presents the company's strategy and vision.
- CSO - Chief Strategy Officer (top strategy officer)
- The chief strategy officer, responsible for formulating and executing the company's strategy.