What do you call your CFO?
If your company hired or promoted a CFO in the past year in the United States, there is a good chance your CFO may have the following first name.
Men
- Michael / Mike
- John
- David / Dave
- Steve / Steven / Stephen
- Mark / Marc
Women
- Mary
- Christine
- Karen
- Janet
- Laurie
We have tabulated this information from the over 1,000 CFOs that moved in our CFO Moves Blog since we started in September 2011, till the end of June 2012. CFO Moves is prepared each week and published each Monday, so you can have one comprehensive source for CFO Moves across the USA. Our team at Stanton Chase tracks CFO Moves in our quest to be the most knowledgeable and up to date Executive Search firm focusing on the Chief Financial Officer.
Does this mean that you need one of these names to be a Successful CFO?
Absolutely not. However, consider that like many of the visual, non-visual, and cultural assessments made in a hiring process, it could have an impact, depending on whether a company wants to hire a traditional CFO or not. I see this as food for thought, not an opinion based on fact.
What do you think?
Some year I would like to see names like Grover, Tree or Alexandra make the list. That would be nice.
Posted by Rob Nance | July 25, 2012, 11:34 AMRob,
There is nothing to say that these names weren’t hired, it’s just that they were not the most popular.
But Rob was in the Top 10
Samuel
Posted by Samuel Dergel | July 25, 2012, 11:55 AMHa. Rob made a funny.
If I ever want to get a job as a CFO I’m changing my name to David Mark Ungar. Mary Christine Ungar just doesn’t work for me.
Loved the post.
Posted by jmungar | July 25, 2012, 2:30 PMJoel,
You could change your name, but they wouldn’t know who you were anymore at the carwash.
Thanks for the feedback,
Samuel
Posted by Samuel Dergel | July 25, 2012, 2:36 PMRob “Carwash Chain CFO” Nance…it’s got a nice ring to it.
Posted by Rob Nance | July 25, 2012, 2:39 PMThis is ridiculous! If hiring practices are based on name, HR policies should be reviewed carefully to identify barriers and opportunities for improvement. Working towards increased and enhanced workplace diversity is about having solid HR practices.
Posted by suren | August 7, 2012, 11:24 PMSuren,
This blog was not about implying that hiring practices are based on a name. It was based on a survey of names of recently hired CFOs in the USA.
The next blog “Why are 87% of CFOs male?” addresses the importance of diversity issues.
Thanks for your input,
Samuel
Posted by Samuel Dergel | August 8, 2012, 8:10 AMSuren,
Comedy is not pretty.
Posted by Rob Nance | August 8, 2012, 8:13 AM