Membership

The diversity of CEOs brings a dynamic integration of personalities and skills to every CEO-Collaborative forum. But members also share a number of essential characteristics, and those commonalities are critical to the success of these high-level collaborations. As one member described it, "It's a diverse group of individuals with a homogeneous set of concerns."

CEO-CF members are:

Fast-growth leaders of high-technology companies.
Proven managers with respected leadership skills.
Collaborators who value learning with a group of peers.
Leaders who are focused on aggressive growth.
Smart, thoughtful people, committed to acting with integrity.
Strategists poised to take their companies to a liquidity event in 5-7 years.
Team players committed to building a strong board of directors.
Tenacious, intelligent, balanced individuals resilient under stress.

CEO-CF members should be leaders of companies that have:

Existed for a minimum of one year
Possess pan-European, trans-Asian or trans-Atlantic growth strategies.
Have a turnover below €100M.

CEOs join CEO-CF to:

Develop and amplify their leadership abilities.
Accelerate and amplify the valuation of their liquidity event.
Envision and design new paths for the organization.
Learn to energize, align, and empower senior management.
Gain outside perspectives, frank feedback, and a global mindset.
Build an invincible CEO peer group.

Most important, members of CEO-CF value having a group of people to learn from and to learn with as they work together to devise solutions for the complex issues and challenges of growth.