interim CEO
Acting top executive
An interim CEO is a chief executive officer appointed temporarily, typically while an organization searches for a permanent replacement or navigates a transition period.
The role carries full executive authority but with an understood expiration date: The board named an interim CEO after the founder's sudden resignation.
Interim CEOs often bring stability during crises or serve as bridge leaders between permanent appointments.
- actingTemporarily holding position
- temporaryLimited in duration
- transitionChange from one state
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
board meeting · succession · leadership · caretaker · appointed · turnaround · steady the ship · crisis · leadership vacuum · handover · departure · step down · founder · ousted · scandal · shareholders · vote of confidence · executive
- executivesCFO, COO, CIO, CTO, CMO
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, substitute teaching
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