A chief officer can refer to any of various leaders:
In the military, it can refer to certain non-commissioned members:
- Chief Petty Officer
- Chief Warrant Officer
Marine occupation:
- Chief Mate
In business, it can refer to any of numerous corporate titles, including:
- Chief executive officer
- Chief operating officer
- Chief information officer
- Chief technical officer
- Chief accounting officer
- Chief administrative officer
- Chief analytics officer
- Chief channel officer
- Chief compliance officer
- Chief communications officer
- Chief Customer Officer
- Chief data officer
- Chief financial officer
- Chief governance officer
- Chief information security officer
- Chief knowledge officer
- Chief learning officer
- Chief legal officer
- Chief marketing officer
- Chief networking officer
- Chief process officer
- Chief procurement officer
- Chief risk officer
- Chief science officer
- Chief strategy officer
- Chief sustainability officer
- Chief visionary officer
In education:
- Chief Academic Officer
- Chief Advancement Officer
- Chief Business Officer
In government:
- Chief Dental Officer (disambiguation)
- Chief District Officer
- Chief Electoral Officer (disambiguation)
- Chief Fire Officer
- Chief Firearms Officer
- Chief Medical Officer (disambiguation)
- Chief police officer
- Chief Veterinary Officer
Famous quotes containing the words chief and/or officer:
“Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys,
Unfriendly to societys chief joys.”
—William Cowper (17311800)
“Any officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for a seat in Congress ought to be scalped.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)