C-level
(also c-level)
adjective
Denoting the executive level of a corporation: a c-level corporate officer...
- When the company floated a proposal this year to whip 50 to 100 execs into C-level shape, the corporate coaching industry was at a loss.
- Any attempt to distill the concerns, preoccupations, and goals of the 143,000 C-level execs who read Chief Executive into a sound byte is impossible.
- These days, you hear a lot of C-level executives talk about the virtues of alignment.
Origin
Early 2000s: from the fact that initialisms for jobs at this level begin with C (for chief).