NOUN
- the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
How To Use chief operating officer In A Sentence
- Ivester will remain chief operating officer for the time being, a spokeswoman added.
- As InvestmentNews first noted in March, the association has been developing the course in response to demand from member advisers who said they needed more tools and support in helping clients handle the post-retirement "decumulation" phase, according to Stephen Mitchell, acting chief operating officer of RIIA. InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines
- They may even advance to peak corporate positions such as chief operating officer or chief executive officer.
- But they are usually quicker to spot opportunities and gutsier in pursuit of them, according to Mark Paper, chief operating officer of Business Partners International, a South African financial institution specializing in lending and investing in smaller companies. Small Factories Take Root in Africa
- Without Murdoch there bigfooting the other moguls, his No. 2, Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin, had a chance to sweet-talk them.
- The response has been overwhelming," Hiroshi Kobayashi, deputy chief operating officer for Honda's domestic operations, told a small group of reporters at a test-drive event in Tokyo.
- Lack of sanitation is one of the greatest risks in Port-au-Prince, as more than a million people now live in 116 improvised camps without latrines in school yards, soccer stadiums and even the front yard of the presidential palace, said Steve Hollingworth, chief operating officer for CARE. U.S. military boosts aid to quake-ravaged Haiti
- Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at Astbury Marsden, reckons that expectations are being massaged by employers and that at least 12% of City employees expect no bonus this year. Banks under fresh pressure to curb bonus and dividend payouts
- Edward Hammel was named chief operating officer for this electrotherapeutic-technology company. Noted . . .
- Formerly one of two chief operating officers at RIM, Mr. Heins said he would focus more on execution at the company, faulting RIM for failing to roll out products on time. New RIM Chief Plots Overhaul
