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The Role of the CEO 2023
2023 Spotlight – C-Suite Turnover in the US
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The Top 100 CEO Moves Of 2022 From Around The World

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Altrata explores the top 100 CEOs appointed around the globe in 2022.

2022 was a year of change for many multi-national institutions like Procter & Gamble, Home Depot, Merck and Costco. Yearly, BoardEx releases a list of the top CEO moves ranked by market cap. BoardEx data shows that 11% of all CEO moves were appointed externally and only 8% of all appointments were female.

The oil and gas industry had the most turnover of CEOs last year, with 8 new CEOs appointed in 2022. Three of these companies, Linde, EOG Resources, and Phillips 66, are located within the United States and all appointed CEOs that were currently working for the company.

The United States is by far the country with the most amount of CEO turnover in 2022 with 47%. Followed by Japan with 7% and 5% in the United Kingdom. Here is a look at the top 10 CEO moves of 2022, download the full list by filling out the form on the right.

Executive Moves

wdt_ID Individual View Profile Role Organization Effective Date Gender Age Years At Org Country Sector Market Cap (USDm) Revenue (USDm)
1 Stephen (Steve) C Glover View Profile Chairman/President/CEO ZYVERSA THERAPEUTICS INC 12/12/2022 Male 64 0,10 United States Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology 14,00
2 Ido Almany View Profile CEO ZOOMD TECHNOLOGIES LTD 08/12/2022 Male 0,10 Canada Software & Computer Services
3 Carl M Eschenbach View Profile Co-CEO WORKDAY INC 20/12/2022 Male 57 4,90 United States Software & Computer Services 33,79 5,14
4 Jay Albany View Profile CEO WIDE OPEN AGRICULTURE LTD (WOA) 14/12/2022 Male 0,10 Australia Food Producers & Processors
5 Aarne Esa Simula View Profile CEO WETTERI OYJ 09/12/2022 Male 58 0,40 Finland Business Services
6 Hechun Wei View Profile CEO WETRADE GROUP INC 21/12/2022 Male 0,10 China Software & Computer Services 68,00
7 James Redmayne View Profile CEO WASTECO GROUP LTD 05/12/2022 Male 0,10 New Zealand Media & Entertainment 34,00
8 Yu Jiang View Profile CEO WANKA ONLINE INC 16/12/2022 Female 40 4,00 China Media & Entertainment 70,00 330,00
9 Margherita Della Valle View Profile CFO/Interim Chief Executive VODAFONE GROUP PLC 31/12/2022 Female 57 20,40 United Kingdom - England Telecommunication Services 27,75 50,47
10 Doctor Pauline (Fan) Zhou View Profile CEO VISIONARY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS GROUP INC 14/12/2022 Female 58 0,60 Canada Education 15,00
Individual View Profile Role Organization Effective Date Gender Age Years At Org Country Sector Market Cap (USDm) Revenue (USDm)

These trends, as well as others, are examined in Altrata’ s newly released report, The Role of the CEO 2022. The report examines the characteristics and experience of CEOs as well as the different factors that govern their appointment to the role. Download the report here.