Talk:Chief information officer/Archives/2015

Reporting Relationship
I think the notion that CIO's generally report to the CFO is dated. I think a more accurate description is that if a CIO does not report to the CEO - they typically report to another "C" level position for example I know plenty of CIO's who report to COO's, CFO's even division Presidents. I'll let this sit here for a while and then perhaps edit the page. Thoughts anyone?

No offense to my CFO colleagues, but I think that is a bit of a dated stereotype.

Sullyjohn (talk) 21:19, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

xQx (logged in as anonymous): I agree totally. I'm changing the text. An IT Manager in a company that neglects it's IT department reports to the CFO. No self respecting CIO who is worthy of the title reports to "head bean counter" any more. If any CIOs are reading this discussion and are offended because they report to the CFO please, please, for the sake of the company you work for -- change the focus of your IT department from "supporting the staff of the company" to "supporting the strategic goals of the company" and get yourself reporting to COO or CEO. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.109.158.1 (talk) 12:36, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I could not agree more. As a CIO I report the CEO. I am offended that a Chief would report to CFO or COO. The CIO today is so much more than an upgraded IT or MIS Director as intimated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.162.101.49 (talk) 12:35, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

I updated the article today with data from the last available CIO survey (2008) which shows that 41% of CIOs report to the CEO and 23% report to the CFO. It is not as unusual or as unpalatable as some would think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julsssark (talk • contribs) 19:22, 27 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Also no offence, but the CIO is usually internal, and the CTO is external. So therefore it makes a lot more sense if the CIO reports to the CFO, and not to the CEO. It's the CTO who always reports to the CEO (CEO = sales, you know that?). However, many of so called "CIO's" may be rather CTO's, therefore they correctly report to the CEO. Why? Because many people don't know the difference between CTO and CIO, so there are many CTO's who wrongly call themselves "CIO". Cheers --178.197.226.15 (talk) 14:26, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * What makes sense for you is an opinion (by you) and it is not a fact -- I know companies that has both a CIO and a CTO role -- in this particular company the CTO reports to the CIO who reports to the CEO 99.103.198.118 (talk) 23:34, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Salary ??
Is there any reason a salary is mentioned for CIO roles in the UK? The source is not accessible. The number is not impressively high or meaningful, and why the UK? Sorenriise (talk) 23:39, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Good catch. Part of these edits, which look to be largely promotional in nature. --Ronz (talk) 02:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)