Meanings
plural chief people officers · abbreviation CPO
- A corporate officer who oversees all aspects of human resource management.
“We’re doing this as part of our continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making,” Janelle Gale, Meta’s chief people officer, said in the memo to employees.
2026 April 23, Mike Isaac, Eli Tan, “Meta to Lay Off 10 Percent of Work Force in A.I. Push”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2026Synonyms: w:chief human resources officer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA corporate officer who oversees all aspects of human resource management.
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