Is your next C-suite departure already in motion?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 9 CEOs at large public companies was replaced — and CFO appointments hit a 7-year high. Most boards never saw it coming. Download the CEO/CFO Transition Risk Index and learn to read the signals before they become a crisis.
Seven dimensions. One composite score. Complete board visibility.
Each dimension is scored 1–5 for CEO and CFO independently, yielding a composite between 7 and 35. The Index is role-specific, multi-factor, and designed to surface leading indicators — not lagging ones.
The seven dimensions include tenure and career cycle, strategy and context fit, performance and stakeholder pressure, succession and pipeline maturity, role load and burnout risk, team and governance dynamics, and market attractiveness. Each dimension provides boards with actionable insight into executive transition risk before it becomes a crisis.
The next C-suite exit is already taking shape.
Download the Index and build the board infrastructure to see it coming.
Boards are reactive when they could be proactive.
Most board dashboards are built to measure what has already happened — earnings misses, TSR declines, activist filings. By the time those signals appear, transition risk has often been building for months or years.
"CEO succession has complex infrastructure — committees, multiyear development programs, succession scorecards. CFO succession is reactive. Most boards wait until retirement is announced, then scramble."
— Shawn Cole, President, Cowen Partners Executive Search
