
Good morning. Globally, CFO hiring is starting to cool. But CFO retirement is fueling turnover.
Those are some of the latest findings of leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) Q1 2026 Global CFO Turnover Index. Based on moves in the S&P 500, FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and other major stock indexes, global CFO appointments dipped slightly to 4.9% in Q1 2026 from a record 5.2% in Q1 2025.