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chief executive

[cheef ig-zek-yuh-tiv] / ˈtʃif ɪgˈzɛk yə tɪv /


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The study termination deals an early setback to Sanofi’s newly appointed chief executive, Belen Garijo, who took the helm last month after leading Germany’s Merck KGaA since 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"The cost of doing business for our pubs and breweries is going ever upwards," said Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the BPPA.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Jim Mangia, the chief executive of St. John’s Community Health who helped craft the measure, summed up the campaign as “grueling and expensive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

However, the rise of humanoid robots, powered with generative AI models and capable of performing complex tasks, offers an opening for the group, chief executive Stefan Hartung said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Perhaps following the lead of the state’s chief executive, Durham first used the bureaucratic device that could be called “Death by Committee.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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