internal
Christine A. Leahy
Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
7 yr
6 reports
CDW Corporation ·CDW
Functional model with unusually broad CEO span at scale
Technology · Fortune #205 · Functional structure · 15K employees · Vernon Hills, IL
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6
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 9)
2
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
6.5 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$22.4B
Operating income
$1.7B
Net income
$1.1B
Total assets
$16.0B
Shares out
129M
Sourced from CDW Corporation DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-10 ↗ View on SEC
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CDW operates with a functional executive model where the CEO directly manages most core business leaders. This page maps the executive team, reporting lines, compensation-linked roles, and recent leadership changes, with analysis and peer comparison for context.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Sona Chawla departed as Chief Growth and Innovation Officer
Retired effective January 1, 2026
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO to reduce CEO span and consolidate sales and services execution.
- Consolidate Sales and Services Move Services & Solutions under the Commercial organization to tighten customer execution.
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The people
Who's running this
6 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Elizabeth H. Connelly
Chief Commercial Officer and EVP
Sales & Marketing
6 yr
0 reports
Mukesh Kumar
Chief Services and Solutions Officer and EVP
Services
1 yr
0 reports
Albert J. Miralles
Chief Financial Officer and EVP, Enterprise Business Operations
Finance
10 yr
1 reports
Katherine E. Sanderson
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
7 yr
0 reports
internal
Frederick J. Kulevich
Chief Legal Officer, EVP, Risk & Compliance, and Corporate Secretary
Legal
8 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 2 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Christine A. Leahy $15.0M
- Base salary
- $1.07M
- Stock awards
- $11.76M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.16M
- Other
- $13K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Albert J. Miralles $6.4M
- Base salary
- $698K
- Stock awards
- $4.80M
- Non-equity incentive
- $881K
- Other
- $11K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How CDW Corporation divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Finance
500 employees
Chief Financial Officer (Albert J. Miralles)
Oversees financial planning, accounting, treasury, and enterprise business operations.
Commercial
7K employees
Chief Commercial Officer (Elizabeth H. Connelly)
Leads sales, customer engagement, and go‑to‑market execution across sectors.
Services & Solutions
3K employees
Chief Services and Solutions Officer (Mukesh Kumar)
Responsible for solution design, managed services, and technical delivery.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
CDW’s most distinctive feature is the breadth of direct functional reports to the CEO in a $22B IT services company.
Christine Leahy directly oversees finance, commercial, services, legal, and HR leaders without an intervening COO layer.
This structure emphasizes functional accountability and centralized decision-making. Revenue-generating, delivery, and corporate risk functions all sit at level two, reinforcing tight CEO control over execution. The absence of divisional presidents or segment CEOs reflects CDW’s single‑P&L operating model.
Compared with peers, CDW trades scale for simplicity: fewer layers, fewer autonomous business heads, and heavier reliance on cross‑functional coordination at the executive table.
- No COO role
- Single P&L functional structure
The comparison
How CDW Corporation stacks up
Most large IT services peers introduce an operating or regional layer between the CEO and execution. CDW’s functional model more closely resembles a scaled distributor than a diversified services conglomerate. Peers like Accenture and IBM rely on multiple P&L owners, while CDW keeps sales, services, and operations …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
CDW Corporation
3 levels
Accenture
5 levels
6 levels
4 levels
SHI International
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
CDW Corporation — no COO — no CAIO
Accenture — no COO ✓ CAIO
SHI International ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant change was the retirement of Chief Growth and Innovation Officer Sona Chawla in January 2026.
- departed
- Date not confirmed new
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-10
- CEO
- Christine A. Leahy
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 6.3 yr
Leadership reflected a fully functional executive structure with no COO.
Named executive officers (5)
- Christine A. Leahy - CEO since 2019
- Albert J. Miralles - CFO since 2015
- Elizabeth H. Connelly - CCO since 2019
- Mukesh Kumar - CSSO since 2025
- Sona Chawla - CGIO since 2018
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-11
- CEO
- Christine A. Leahy
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 6.8 yr
Stable executive team with gradual tenure maturation.
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-12
- CEO
- Christine A. Leahy
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
Functional structure unchanged year over year.
Year-over-year changes
The main change was the addition of a dedicated Services and Solutions leader, slightly increasing CEO span.
- CEO span: 5 → 6
- C-suite size: 5 → 6
- Avg tenure: 6.8 → 6.3 yr
- new Mukesh Kumar - Chief Services and Solutions Officer (DEF 14A, 2026-04-10)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of CDW?
Christine A. Leahy has served as Chair, President, and CEO since 2019.
What type of organizational structure does CDW use?
CDW uses a functional organizational structure with centralized executive control.
How many direct reports does CDW's CEO have?
The CEO has six direct executive reports.
How has CDW's leadership changed recently?
In January 2026, Chief Growth and Innovation Officer Sona Chawla retired, and services leadership was recently strengthened with Mukesh Kumar’s hire.
Does CDW have a COO?
No, CDW does not have a Chief Operating Officer; operating leaders report directly to the CEO.
Sources
- DEF 14A, filed Apr 10 2026
- Company filings, 2025
- SEC EDGAR: CDW Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: CDW Corporation 10-K Annual Report
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