C-suite
Business & Finance abbreviation · Management & Strategy
| Stands for | Chief executive suite (senior executives with chief titles) |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business & Finance |
C-suite stands for Chief executive suite (senior executives with chief titles), a management & strategy abbreviation.
Collective term for a company's most senior executives, whose titles usually begin with "chief," such as CEO, CFO, COO and CTO. Members of the C-suite set strategy, control major budgets and report to the board of directors or to the CEO.
Example: The cybersecurity breach turned a technical problem into a C-suite priority overnight.
Usage notes
The "C" refers to "chief," and the usual form has a capital C and a lowercase s. Related expressions include C-level and CxO, a generic placeholder for any chief officer. The size of the C-suite varies widely: a small firm may have two or three chiefs, while a large corporation can have more than a dozen, including newer roles such as chief AI officer.
Related abbreviations
More management & strategy abbreviations
- BPO – Business process outsourcing
- BPR – Business process reengineering
- BRD – Business requirements document
- BSC – Balanced scorecard
- BU – Business unit
- C-level – Chief level (executive rank)
- CAPA – Corrective and preventive action
- CI – Continuous improvement
- COB – Close of business
- CoE – Center of excellence
- CSF – Critical success factor
- CSR – Corporate social responsibility