chief
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Michelle Hook, who had been Portillo’s finance chief since 2020, left the company in May to take the same post at Shake Shack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Today, fans are celebrating our stories in entirely new ways," said Disney's chief marketing and brand officer Asad Ayaz, following the TikTok deal being announced.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Morocco is to co-host the 2030 World Cup and Moroccan Football chief Fouzi Lekjaa is one of the few to have publicly supported Infantino since the humiliating climbdown.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Uber’s platform advantage continues to compound: record consumers and engagement, and profitable growth across our business,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber chief executive officer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Before the saboteurs were to go off on their mission, Colonel Erwin von Lahousen, the chief of intelligence, hosted a dinner in the elegant private dining room of the Zoo Restaurant.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
But the way up remains far more welcoming for finance and operating chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks about Iran with his ministers and security chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Water chiefs say sewage leaking from damaged pipes could be a source of pollution which has plagued a seafront for years.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The role of prime minister does not typically include a say on military strategy or frontline operations, where Zelensky and his military chiefs call the shots.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
In effect, the society was divided into hereditary chief and commoner classes, with Hawaiian chiefs themselves subdivided into eight hierarchically ranked lineages, each concentrating its marriages within its own lineage.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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