C-suite

English

Etymology

From C in chief + suite.

Noun

C-suite (plural C-suites)

1. (management) The group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles.
   • 2012 September 22, “Schumpeter: The magic of good service”, in The Economist‎:

     THE customer is king. So some firms have started appointing chief customer officers (CCOs) to serve the king more attentively. These new additions to the (already crowded) C-suite are supposed to look at the business from the customer’s point of view.

2. (management) Senior headquarters executives.

Hyponyms

• chief accounting officer
• chief audit officer
• chief behavioral officer
• chief compliance officer
• chief customer officer
• chief data officer
• chief design officer
• chief diversity officer
• chief executive officer
• chief experience officer
• chief financial officer
• chief human resources officer
• chief information officer
• chief information security officer
• chief learning officer
• chief legal officer
• chief marketing officer
• chief operating officer
• chief risk officer
• chief scientific officer
• chief security officer
• chief strategy officer
• chief technology officer
• CXO

Related terms

• C-level

Translations

those with chief in their business titles

Portuguese: diretor (pt) m Russian: топ-ме́неджмент (ru) m (top-ménedžment)

Anagrams

• cestui, cueist, custie, cuties