C-suite

From C in chief + suite

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.

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

• cestui, cueist, custie, cuties