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.

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CIO British  

abbreviation

1. Congress of Industrial Organizations See also AFL-CIO

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Example Sentences

Kempe, Grant Thornton’s CIO, sees a similar trend playing out where the role of core business software changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Variant was founded in 2009 by the now CIO of asset manger Prevatt Capital, Jonathan Tepper, under a belief that “robust, repeatable tools work better than gurus with crystal balls.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

“You’ve got this somewhat dystopian narrative permeating the psychology of the market” with respect to AI and jobs, asset-management firm’s CIO says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Northern Trust Asset Management looks at active management three ways across its 40 active mutual funds and ETFs, says Anwiti Bahuguna, global co-chief investment officer and CIO of multi-asset investments.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 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