Stock exchange CEOs are ambitious and increasingly well educated

57 years - this is the average age of the CEO of a large listed company, who took up this position at an average age of 50 - according to the global analysis "Route to the Top 2025" by the consulting company Heidrick & Struggles, which in the first quarter of this year covered over 1.2 thousand heads of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in 27 countries, including Poland.

The analysis, which shows trends in the leadership of large listed companies on the world's largest markets, shows that since the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been many changes, although it can be considered that the pace of some of them is too slow. According to Łukasz Kiniewicz, Managing Partner of Heidrick & Struggles Polska, in recent years after the pandemic, there has been a greater openness among CEOs to work flexibility, including hybrid work. Bosses are also paying more attention to the needs of employees, and in particular their mental health.