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CIO

American  
Or C.I.O.

abbreviation

  1. Business. chief information officer: an executive in an organization who oversees policies and decisions relating to information technology and computer systems.

  2. Business. chief investment officer: an executive in an organization who oversees financial assets.

  3. Congress of Industrial Organizations.


CIO British  

abbreviation

  1. Congress of Industrial Organizations See also AFL-CIO

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Caldwell spent more than 20 of those years at Yum Brands, most recently as CIO of Kentucky Fried Chicken US, before moving to Brinker.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

David Miller, CIO and portfolio manager at Catalyst Funds, told MarketWatch that despite the “large tear” Micron’s stock has been on, it’s still trading at under 10 times forward earnings-per-share estimates.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

Employees at DaVita have created over 10,000 AI agents, said CIO Madhu Narasimhan.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Charles-Henry Monchau, CIO of the Swiss private bank Syz Group, says UAE's departure is the "end of Opec as we knew it".

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

These were all industries which employed significant numbers of Afro-Americans, and the CIO followed an aggressive, nondiscriminatory policy.

From The Black Experience in America by Coombs, Norman

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