The Promoted Specimen Chief Executive Officer · A 180-person PE-backed services firm · Manchester, UK

The Promoted

A specimen profile standing in for the hired, first-time CEO who did not found the company: inherited a leadership team, answers to a board she did not choose, and belongs to none of the founder networks. Used here to demonstrate how a regular's profile renders.

Role: Chief Executive Officer
Company: A 180-person PE-backed services firm
Based: Manchester, UK
Years in the seat: 2
First time as CEO: Yes

Stories

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My board and I disagreed about the number, and I was the one who was wrong

Fourteen months into her first CEO job, hired not founded, she defended a 40% growth plan to a board that wanted 22%. She won the argument in March and missed the number in November. What she would do differently is not what you would expect.

The Promoted Specimen A 180-person PE-backed services firm 6 min
- 180 headcount
- 40% growth plan i defended
- 22% growth the board proposed

1 call

My board and I disagreed about the number, and I was the one who was wrong