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 22nd, The Economist, Schumpeter: The magic of good service

     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.

Translations

those with "chief" in their business titles

• Russian: топ-менеджмент (ru) (top-ménedžment) m

Hyponyms

• chief executive officer
• chief operating officer
• chief financial officer
• chief information officer
• chief compliance officer
• chief technology officer
• chief strategy officer
• chief customer officer

Anagrams

• cuties