The Role of Chief Strategy Officers (CSOs)

This reasearch project jointly conducted by the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants aims at deepening our understanding of the CSO's roles, background, working relationships, strategic decision-making, and agenda. We define those executives as CSOs who are leading their firms' strategy function or have a similar role. This typically includes executives with titles such as VP Acquisitions, VP Corporate Development, SVP Corporate Planning, Managing Director Corporate Strategy, Head of Planning, VP Strategic Initiatives etc. The research project includes the first systematic survey of CSOs in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.