the person with overall responsibility for ensuring that the daily operations of an organization run efficiently and for carrying out strategic plans. The chief executive of an organization normally sits on the board of directors. In a limited company, he or she is usually known as a managing director.
LONDON AFP — Britain's Compass Group, the world's biggest caterer, unveiled Richard Cousins, the former chief of plasterboard group BPB, as its new chief executive. Cousins, chief executive of BPB until its takeover by French construction materials giant Saint-Gobain, was to replace Michael Bailey as executive director and chief...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Ceridian Corporation (NYSE: CEN) announced today it anticipated its search for a new Chief Executive Officer would be completed shortly. L. White Matthews, III, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said, "Our search for a new Chief Executive Officer has gone well. We anticipate the announcement of our...
NEW YORK -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced today that Karl-Heinz Floether, group chief executive of the company's Financial Services operating group, has been named group chief executive - Technology & Delivery. This new position is part of Accenture's Office of the CEO, which includes the chief executive officer and chief...
CIA Group is restructuring and strengthening its board. Thecurrently combined role of chairman and chief executive officer is being split and the non-executive board representation has been strengthened. Chris Ingram, founder of CIA and until now chairman and chief executive, becomes executive chairman. David Reich, chairman of the group's European...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 24, 1995--The FHP International Corp. (NASDAQ:FHPC) Board of Directors Friday decided to dissolve the two-man Office of the Chief Executive, opting instead for a single President and Chief Executive Officer.Westcott W. Price III will retain his position as Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman of...
SAN DIEGO -- Synbiotics Corporation SBIO today announced that Paul R. Hays, its President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed by the Board of Directors as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hays, who has been Synbiotics' President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2002, has executed the responsibilities of Chief...
Infoglide Software Corporation, the leader in the emerging transactional business intelligence market, today announced the addition of Robert Barker to its executive team. Mr. Barker joins Infoglide Software as chief marketing officer. His hiring rounds out the executive team of President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Shultz, Chief Financial Officer...
DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 29, 1999-- Coram Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: CRH) today announced that Donald J. Amaral, the Company's Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer, will return as the Company's Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis as the Company searches for a new Chief Executive Officer following...
Aetna Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive John W. Rowe plans to retire by the end of 2006, and President Ronald A. Williams has been named chief executive officer, effective Feb. 14. Rowe, 61, has been chairman since 2001 and chief executive since 2000. He will serve as executive chairman from...
In the 17 years Chief Executive has been presenting corporate leaders with its Chief Executive of the Year award, we've never heard a response quite like Sandy Weill's.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- CallWave, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALL) announced today that Jeffrey Cavins has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. Mark Stubbs, who has been the acting Chief Executive Officer as well as the Chief Financial Officer, will continue as Chief Financial Officer.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Five San Diego executives have been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year for San Diego County. They are Andrew Clark, chief executive, Bridgepoint Education; Jay Flatley, chief executive, Illumina Inc.; Patrick Henry, chief executive, Entropic Communications Inc.; Alan Gold, chief, BioMed Realty Trust Inc.;...
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Cascade Microtech (Nasdaq:CSCD) announced today a planned succession and search for a new Chief Executive Officer. Cascade's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eric W. Strid, plans to transition from his current role to the position of Chairman and Chief Technical Officer upon the hiring of the new...
BEIJING AFP — China ruled that Hong Kong's next chief executive should serve two years instead of five, in a move critics say undermines the rule of law in the former British colony. "The term of office of the next HKSAR Hong Kong Special Administrative Region chief executive shall...
PETALUMA, Calif. -- Tegal Corporation (Nasdaq:TGAL), a leading designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems used in the production of integrated circuits and nanotechnology devices, today announced that Michael Parodi had resigned as president, chief executive officer, chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of the...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Salton, Inc. (NYSE:SFP) today announced Leonhard Dreimann has resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. William M. Lutz will become interim Chief Executive Officer while retaining his current title of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.: Michael S. Martin, 52, was elected executive vice president. He will continue as chief marketing officer, and chairman and chief executive of EQ Financial Consultants Inc. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.: Richard M. DeMartini, 46, was...
CHICAGO, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing will webcast on May 21 the presentations given by Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney, Chief Financial Officer James Bell, Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Scott Carson, Vice President and General Manager, 787 Program, Pat Shanahan, and Integrated Defense Systems Chief...
HERSHEY, PA. -- Hershey Foods Corp. named Richard Lenny president and chief executive. The company said the appointment is the result of a 4-month search and planned-succession process for chairman and chief executive, Kenneth Wolfe, 62, who plans to retire.
NASHUA, N.H.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 6, 1995--Nashua Corporation (NYSE: NSH) today announced that current Nashua Chairman Joseph A. Baute has assumed the additional responsibilities of president and chief executive officer, effective Monday, November 13.Baute, 67, succeeds Francis J. Lunger, who resigned as president, chief executive officer and chief financial officer to assume...
