Opinion

March 21, 2022

5 reasons your startup needs a chief impact officer

Chief impact officers are the newest animal in the C-suite jungle at startups.


Kat Borlongan

6 min read

Kat Borlongan

The chief impact officer is the newest animal in the C-suite jungle. But while it sounds like a head of CSR (corporate social responsibility) rebrand, it’s actually more analogous to a chief revenue officer. If a CRO is responsible for every process that generates revenue in a startup, a chief impact officer (CIO) is responsible for every process that generates any kind of social and environmental impact, as defined by the company’s mission and values.

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Kat Borlongan

Kat Borlongan is a board member at the European Innovation Council and former director of president Macron's La French Tech

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