C-suite hiring is up nearly 2x in September year over year, and the mix has shifted. We compared five weeks of On The Move from last fall (Sept 5 – Oct 3, 2025) with the same five weeks this year (Sept 4 – Oct 2, 2026). New C-suite appointments nearly doubled, from 51 to 97, across 81 companies.

The biggest gains:

• CFOs: 4 → 13 (3x)
• Chief Medical / Clinical Officers: 2 → 11 (5x)
• CROs, CCOs and CGOs : 8 → 16 (2x)
• COOs: 6 → 13 (2x)

Fewer Chief Strategy, Marketing, and Communications Officers were named than last year, and CTO hires held flat even as overall volume nearly doubled.

Where the hiring is happening matters too. Last fall, much of the action was at consumer and AI-native brands. This fall it’s concentrated in value-based care (Strive, Aledade, Evergreen Nephrology), pharmacy and PBM (Prime, Judi, SlateRx), and payment integrity and revenue cycle (Cotiviti, Zelis, CoverSelf). More companies are also filling several seats at once.

Our read: the market is rewarding operators who can deliver margin, clinical outcomes and revenue.

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• Steven Huddleston joins Knowtion Health, a healthcare revenue cycle management company, as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
• Shervin Korangy joins Fresenius Medical Care, a global kidney care and dialysis company, as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
• Femwell Group Health, a management services organization, appoints Elizabeth Bruyere as Chief Operating Officer (Source)
• Charles MacGlashing joins Hello Heart, an AI preventive heart health company, as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
• Jon Franklin joins Hims & Hers, a health and wellness company, as Chief Accounting Officer (Source)
• Populus Health Technologies, a virtual care media and technology company, appoints Joseph Catalano as Chief Revenue Officer (Source)
• Todd Petersen joins Scalable Care, an AI-powered digital health platform, as Chief Revenue Officer (Source)
• Marc Thomas joins Rectangle Health, a healthcare solutions company, as Chief Revenue Officer (Source)
• Gabriel Castaneda joins World Class Health, a global concierge health services company, as Chief Commercial Officer (Source)
• Angela Breton joins Karoo Health, a value-based care enablement company for cardiology, as Chief Commercial Officer (Source)
• Nicole Faucher joins Enjoin, a healthcare revenue integrity and clinical documentation company, as Chief Commercial Officer (Source)
• Troy Caraway joins Machinify, an AI-powered healthcare payment integrity and cost-containment company, as Chief Commercial Officer (Source)
• James Lim joins Monogram Health, a value-based, in-home multispecialty care company, as Chief Technology Officer (Source)
• Alan Gao joins HST Pathways, an all-in-one software platform for ambulatory surgery centers, as Chief Product & Technology Officer (Source)
• Caroline McGoldrick joins Sword, AI care for pain and prevention company, as Chief Strategy Officer (Source)
• James Mittelberger, MD joins AnewHealth, a national medication management and pharmacy care provider, as Chief Medical Officer (Source)

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• 9amHealth, a virtual metabolic health company, is hiring a VP, People
• Hippocratic AI, a generative AI healthcare company, is hiring a VP, Customer Success (Columbus, OH) and a VP, Customer Success (Remote)
• Pomelo Care, a virtual maternal and newborn care company, is hiring a Head of Member Growth and Retention

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