Becker's Healthcare September 29, 2022
Companies are looking for — and promoting — CFOs with CEO qualities, Fortune reported Sept. 29.
The publication referenced executive search firm CristKolder Associates’ recent volatility report, which analyzed data from 681 Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies.
During the first half of 2022, 8.1 percent of CFOs from the report’s data set were promoted to CEO, marking an all-time high. By contrast, only 5.6 percent of CFOs leapt to CEO in 2012.
The increase nods to CFOs’ evolving roles in the C-suite, according...