Charlie Redmayne, CEO of HarperCollinsUK, at the U.K. CDO Summit

As our readers know, the CDO Club is the only company tracking Chief Digital Officers and Chief Data Officers who have become Chief Executive Officer or Board Director/Non-Executive Director.

Our research shows, in the first half of 2015 alone, SIX CDOs have graduated to CEO, while THREE CDOs became Board Director/NED.

Incredibly, these numbers have already surpassed all of 2014, when six CDOs became CEO and two became Board Director/NED; and matched the entirety of 2013, when six CDOs became CEO and 3 were elevated to Director.

This trend is so important, and so many digital leaders are being elevated to the top spot, that we’ve decided to create a page dedicated to tracking those who’ve made the transition.

Want to know who made the move, or how to make the transition yourself?

Click here to see the CDO Club Hall of Fame page now.

We hope you enjoy it! If we’re missing anyone, please let us know in the comments, or send an email to ‘info at CDOClub dot com.’

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In previous posts, we’ve pointed out that this career trajectory should not be surprising, given our previous research demonstrating that many Chief Digital Officers already had CEO-level responsibilities:

• More than 60% of CDOs in the Advertising sector had previous experience as CEO, President, GM, or Executive Director
• More than 30% of CDOs in the Media sector had previous experience as CEO, President, GM, or Executive Director

We have been tracking this trend since 2013, and were quoted that year by MIT Sloan Management Review (“CDOs Are Reaching New Heights — and Quickly“) and McKinsey (“Will today’s Chief Digital Officers become tomorrow’s CEOs?“), among others.

More importantly, we have been working diligently to assist Chief Digital Officers, Chief Data Officers, and other digital leaders who aspire to this career path.

For example, see some of our previous posts on this topic:

• May 05 2015: “Number of Chief Digital Officers Doubled Again in 2014 — As Many CDOs Were Elevated to CEO and Board Directors in Q1 2015 as in All of 2014”
• Mar 19 2015: “3 Things Every Chief Digital Officer Needs to Know to Become a Board Director” #VIDEO (Saul Klein at the U.K. CDO Summit, October 2014)
• Mar 05 2015: “From Chief Digital Officer to CEO: 6 Tips” #VIDEO (HarperCollinsUK CEO Charlie Redmayne at the U.K. CDO Summit, October 2014)
• Feb 24 2015: “Everything you need to know about Chief Digital Officers and Chief Data Officers in 28 minutes” #VIDEO (David Mathison “U.K. CDO Talent Map” keynote at the U.K. CDO Summit, October 2014)
• Sept 17, 2014: “From Chief Digital Officer to CEO: 8 Tips on Making the Transition” (Panel from NYC CDO Summit, April 2014 #VIDEO)
• May 11, 2014: “Number of Chief Digital Officers Doubled in 2013; Seven CDOs Became CEO and Four CDOs Became Board Directors” (David Mathison “CDO Talent Map 2014” keynote at the NYC CDO Summit, April 2014)
• April 17, 2014: “From CDO to CEO: What’s Driving the Chief Digital Officer to CEO Career Path?”

In addition, we’ve been compiling the most up-to-date research on CDOs by leading analysts and journalists.

We’ve been way ahead of the curve on this, and its great to finally see industry-wide acceptance and validation.

In other words, don’t just take our word for it:

• Resource Guide for Chief Data Officers: Preparing for the Tidal Wave of Big Data Jobs: This post features articles and analysis from:
  • Computerworld: “Future-proof your IT career: 8 tech areas that will still be hot in 2020“
  • Experian: “The Dawn of the Chief Data Officer” 61% of those surveyed wanted to see a CDO hired within the next 12 months.
  • Business Insider: “Billions of dollars are set to flow into these 7 areas of tech in 2015”
  • Computer Business Review: “4 IT Roles to emerge in 2015″ (Chief Digital Officer ranked # 3; Chief Data Officer ranked #4)
  • LinkedIn Names Data Mining as Top Skill: Ranked #1 as most desired skill set
  • McKinsey: 30% of F500 have a Chief Digital Officer on their executive team
• Analysts Agree: Expect More Chief Digital Officer Jobs in 2015: This post features articles and analysis from:
  • Computerworld: “Future-proof your IT career: 8 tech areas that will still be hot in 2020”
  • SAP: “Digital Transformation: Top 10 Changes Through 2017”
  • Korn Ferry: “Top 15 for 2015: The most in-demand C-level positions for the year ahead”
  • The Economic Times: Named the Chief Digital Officer as “one of the six highest paying job titles of 2015.”
  • Mondo: “The Chief Digital Officer title topped the list of salaries for digital marketing professionals”
  • IDC Reveals CIO Agenda Predictions for 2015: “By 2020, 60% of CIOs in global organizations will be supplanted by the Chief Digital Officer.”
  • Harvey Nash CIO Survey: “25% of large companies will have CDOs by 2017.”

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Saul Klein of Index Ventures at the U.K. CDO Summit

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David Mathison names Adam Brotman as CDO of the Year at the NYC CDO Summit 2015. Mr. Brotman, CDO at Starbucks, joined the Board of Neiman Marcus Group in May 2014.

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