Many a CFO (chief financial officer) or COO (chief operating officer) falls squarely in this category.

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Despite the stronger-than-expected numbers, Microsoft announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Peter Klien, would be leaving the firm at the end of June.

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Gideon Yu was previously the chief financial officer (CFO) at YouTube who left shortly after Google acquired it in 2006 and has moved to Facebook to become its CFO.

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One would have to know that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) was unable to manipulate the data and that if malpractice came to light, criminal charges would follow with an extremely high prison term tariff.

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He was initially the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company's German mobile subsidiary, later assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer before becoming the Chief Sales and Service Officer of the company's European mobile operations.

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Yahoo also announced that it appointed as its new chief financial officer Ken Goldman, formerly CFO at cybersecurity software firm Fortinet.

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For one thing, there's Chief Financial Officer Andrew Bonfield , who previously worked as CFO at SmithKline Beecham, now part of GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ).

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Chief Financial Officer Cathie Lesjak was named interim CEO, just as then-CFO Robert Wyman was named when Carly got the boot.

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