Puma’s Supervisory Board has appointed Andreas Hubert as chief operating officer (COO), effective September 1. Hubert will be ...

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Butterfly said Getz has signed a separation agreement under which she will receive a cash severance payment of $430,500, adding that she will serve in an advisory role at least through mid-March 2026, ...

Puma has named Adidas veteran Andreas Hubert as its new chief operating officer, effective Sept. 1. Hubert will also become ...

NightFood Holdings ( ($NGTF) ) has issued an announcement. On July 29, 2025, NightFood Holdings, Inc. appointed James Steigerwald as Chief ...

Geisinger named a new chief administrative officer to lead local operations in the central region Monday. Alex Zimmerman, who has been serving as interim regional chief administrative officer since ...

To ensure that focus, the chief operating officer becomes critical to a company’s ongoing success. The COO will typically be the company’s second in command and report directly to the CEO.

A COO is not simply a more senior operations leader. In fact, the word "operations" doesn’t show up in the title. Perhaps it feels like semantics, but the COO is the chief operating officer.

The main difference between a "director of operations" and a "chief operating officer" is the title. Each position involves overseeing a company's daily operations. However, the employer, or the ...