10 chief digital officers
Each of these chief digital officers holds or held the title at a different company: Sanofi, Schneider Electric, AT&T, Finnair, Maybank, Pizza Hut, IKEA, West Pharmaceutical Services, Santos Ltd and Guess Group Ltd. Five have also held a separate CIO or CTO title and half are based in Europe, a mix that suits a company scoping a chief digital officer role and deciding where it ends and the IT organization begins.
Professionals to explore
Antti Kleemola
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Digital Officer, Executive Board member · Finnair
The clearest case here of a CIO moving into the CDO seat, Antti Kleemola became Chief Digital Officer, Executive Board member at Finnair in 2024, after CIO, Executive Board member there (2022–2024), and before that was Senior Vice President and CIO at Outokumpu (2021–2022). Antti is also Chair of the Board of Directors at Amadeus Finland Oy and Co-Founder & Partner at JAMA Consulting Oy.
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Bala Subramanian
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Digital Officer · AT&T
Bala Subramanian was Chief Digital Officer at AT&T (2018–2022) and at Best Buy (2017–2018), and since 2022 has been EVP & Chief Digital and Technology Officer at UPS, responsible for the company's digital transformation as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Bala sits on the Cars.com board and was on the Ahold Delhaize board (2021–2023), a fit for questions on combining digital and technology under one officer.
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Charles Budiman
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer · Maybank
In Charles Budiman's words, "transformation does not begin with systems." Charles has been Chief Digital Officer at Maybank since 2023, after Chief Strategy Transformation & Digital Officer there (2022–2023), and was Executive Vice President - Digital Banking Head at KB Bank (2021–2022), Director - Financial Services at PwC South East Asia Consulting (2020–2021) and Country Head Sales & Distribution at Maybank (2016–2020).
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Emmanuel Frenehard
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer · Sanofi
Sanofi's digital, data and technology strategy is overseen by Emmanuel Frenehard, Chief Digital Officer there since 2023 and Global Head of Digital Products since 2020. Emmanuel held Chief Technology Officer (Product and Technology) at iflix (2017–2020), Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (2010–2017) and Vice President, Chief Information Officer at The Walt Disney Company (2007–2010).
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Mehreen Shams
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer (CDO) · Pizza Hut
Mehreen Shams has been Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at Pizza Hut since 2023, following Head of Product Management & UX Design there (2020–2023), and describes leading a $2B+ digital business. Mehreen also held Director, Product - Loyalty & CRM at Pizza Hut (2016–2020) and product marketing titles at American Airlines (2007–2015), a fit for questions on a CDO role grown from product management.
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Parag Parekh
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Digital Officer at Ingka Group IKEA · IKEA
Splitting CDO and CTO duties is a question Parag Parekh can speak to: Global Chief Digital Officer at Ingka Group IKEA since 2022, Parag was also Chief Technology Officer of Ingka Group IKEA (2021–2023), holding both titles for a time. At adidas, Parag was Vice President Global Digital Sales & Digital Product Engineering (2018–2021), CIO adidas Europe (2014–2017) and Head of IT - Global Retail (2012–2014).
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Pat Makena
LinkedInExperience: Former SVP, Chief Digital Officer · West Pharmaceutical Services
Bengaluru-based Pat Makena became SVP, Chief Digital Officer at West Pharmaceutical Services in 2025, after Chief Information Officer there (2023–2025) and before that Vice President, Digital Technology Center (2018–2023). Pat lists digital transformation, generative AI and cybersecurity as focus areas and was IT Director - SAP Development User Experience Automated Testing Platforms at Merck Life Science (2015–2018).
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Peter Weckesser
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer · Schneider Electric
A member of Schneider Electric's Executive Committee since 2020, Peter Weckesser has been its Chief Digital Officer for the same span, leading a global organization in that role. Peter was Digital Transformation Officer (DTO) - Member of the Executive Committee Airbus Defence & Space at Airbus (2017–2020), COO Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (2016–2017) and CEO Industry Services, Siemens DF&PD (2014–2015), and is President of DIGITALEUROPE.
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Roger Graell Sole
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer (CDO) · Guess Group Ltd
Ecommerce, marketplaces and omnichannel innovation make up the global digital transformation Roger Graell Sole has been driving as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at Guess Group Ltd since 2025. At Bata Group, Roger was Chief Digital & International Franchise Officer (2024–2025) and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) (2022–2024); Roger was also Director Of Ecommerce at MANGO (2010–2022) and an Associate Professor at ICEMD/ESIC.
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Shaune Rosser
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital Officer GM Digital Transformation · Santos Ltd
Shaune Rosser has been Chief Digital Officer GM Digital Transformation at Santos Ltd since 2021 and was Chief Information Officer at Tourism Australia (2019–2021) and at Sydney Motorway Corporation (2015–2018). Shaune cites over 25 years of business, technology and digital transformations across industries including oil and gas, financial services and infrastructure, a fit for questions on pairing a CDO title with transformation.
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Choose the right perspective
If the question is where the CDO role ends and the CIO or CTO role begins, Antti Kleemola, Pat Makena, Parag Parekh and Emmanuel Frenehard have held both kinds of title. Mehreen Shams and Roger Graell Sole come from product and ecommerce, Charles Budiman from banking strategy, Peter Weckesser and Bala Subramanian sit on executive teams, and Shaune Rosser pairs the CDO title with a transformation general manager role.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you define the boundary between the chief digital officer role and the CIO or CTO organization?
- 02Which digital initiatives did you stop or deprioritize in your first year, and how did you decide?
- 03What metrics did you report to the executive team to show that digital investments were paying off?
About this directory
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