“These banks are part of a bigger trend in which companies in all industries (especially advertising, media and publishing) have been adopting the chief digital officer title. In 2005, there was exactly one CDO in the entire world: Jason Hirschhorn at MTV. In 2013, there were 488, according to the Chief Digital Officer Club. The […]

“According to the Chief Digital Officer Talent Map, a comprehensive study of Chief Digital Officers created by David Mathison (founder of the CDO Club), the number of CDO hires has doubled every year since 2005 and is conservatively forecasted to double again in 2014, for a total of 1,000 CDOs by the year-end.”

“Seven chief digital officers moved up the career ladder to CEO in 2013, according to the CDO Club’s 2014 Talent Map, but another data point may help explain why CDOs are experiencing a quick rise to the top: Sixty percent of CDOs in the advertising sector previously held the title of CEO, president, general manager, […]

“The recent selection of Rachel S. Haot as Chief Digital Officer of the Year by the CDO Club reminded me of a recent research finding that the ranks of the CDO seem especially attractive to women. In fact, female CDOs outnumber female CIOs by two-to-one, according to Gartner. I wrote about that trend in FierceCIO […]

“The role of Chief Digital Officer is beginning to take off in Europe, while salaries of CDOs working outside of public sector and non-profit organisations are ranging from $250,000 to $750,000. That is according to updated research from the CDO Club, which said that the number of worldwide CDOs in 2013 doubled to nearly 500. […]