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CV templates for executives

Thirty-four CV models for an executive role, and for both moments: when you upload the CV to a portal and software reads it, and when it lands directly in a person's hands.

1Pick the template for your role: general management, sales, operations, procurement, finance.
2Bring your experience from LinkedIn or dictate your career. You never start from a blank page.
3Download your CV and, on the way back, we rewrite your LinkedIn profile.
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C-Level · General ManagerDark sidebar with photoWith photoBoardroom
Sales Director · SalesHeader with colour bandWith photoCommercial Leader
Operations Director · LogisticsATS with keywordsClears the ATS filterOperations Lean
CFO · ControllerFinance Director · ConservativeClears the ATS filterFinance CFO
Single column · 100% ATSNo columns, maximum legibilityClears the ATS filterExecutive ATS
Executive profile · One pageMaximum impactOne pageHeadhunter One Page

For uploading to a portal10

When you upload your CV to a job board or a company portal, the first thing to read it is software. These run in a single column and without a photo, which is how that reader understands the text. The others are not worse: they are for the other moment, when the CV reaches a person directly.

Single column · 100% ATSNo columns, maximum legibilityClears the ATS filterExecutive ATS
Consulting · ATSHeader plus key-skills bannerClears the ATS filterConsulting & Strategy
Extreme minimalism · Achievements up frontATS friendlyClears the ATS filterOne pageClean Slate
Text only · Maximum cleanlinessPure serif typographyClears the ATS filterUltra Minimal
CFO · ControllerFinance Director · ConservativeClears the ATS filterFinance CFO
General Manager · Country ManagerEuropean structureClears the ATS filterCorporate GM
Operations Director · LogisticsATS with keywordsClears the ATS filterOperations Lean
Corporate executive · Professional blueClassic A4 structureClears the ATS filterAzure Professional
Legal Counsel · ComplianceConservative green and goldClears the ATS filterLegal & Compliance
Teal minimalism · One pageATS friendlyClears the ATS filterOne pageOcean Minimal

Senior leadership and the board9

Sidebar, photo and typography with weight. For general management, boards and committees, where the CV reads as a letter of introduction rather than a form.

C-Level · General ManagerDark sidebar with photoWith photoBoardroom
CEO · Senior leadershipNavy blue and goldWith photoNavy CEO
Chair · BoardGradient sidebar with photoWith photoBurgundy Board
COO · Supply ChainFull-width coloured header with photoWith photoForest Green
Executive profile · One pageMaximum impactOne pageWith photoHeadhunter One Page
General Manager · Dark column with photo and teal accentWith photoExecutive Teal
Executive profile · Dark header band with photoWith photoModern Header
Director · High impactBlack sidebar with amber accentWith photoBold Amber
Board member · AdvisoryCharcoal and bronze with photo · Premium serifWith photoBronze Boardroom

Sales, commercial and marketing4

Built so the numbers show: portfolio, growth, share, margin. If your work is measured in figures, the design has to make room for them.

Sales Director · SalesHeader with colour bandWith photoCommercial Leader
Retail Director · FMCGAmber sidebar with photoWith photoRetail & FMCG
Marketing Director · GrowthTimeline with purple accentMarketing Director
VP Sales · Business DevelopmentOne page with red accentOne pageWith photoSales VP

Operations, finance and legal6

Sober, European structure. Areas where the CV competes against a dashboard and credibility matters more than eye-catching design.

CFO · ControllerFinance Director · ConservativeClears the ATS filterFinance CFO
General Manager · Country ManagerEuropean structureClears the ATS filterCorporate GM
HR Director · People & CultureRose sidebarWith photoRRHH Director
Operations Director · LogisticsATS with keywordsClears the ATS filterOperations Lean
Corporate executive · Professional blueClassic A4 structureClears the ATS filterAzure Professional
Legal Counsel · ComplianceConservative green and goldClears the ATS filterLegal & Compliance

Technology, digital and creative7

Contemporary accents and room for product metrics. For roles where the CV itself says whether you are current or not.

CTO · CDOIndigo monospaced header · TechTech Executive
Achievements and metrics up front · Results above allImpact First
Scale-up CEO · Black header with soft emerald accentStartupOne pageStartup Leader
Contemporary design · Slate greyNo photoSlate Contemporary
E-commerce Director · MarketplacesOrange header with photoWith photoDigital & E-commerce
Tech executive · Graphite with electric blue accentNo photoGraphite Modern
Creative Director · DesignPlum sidebar with photoWith photoCreative Director

One page, confidential and international4

When the headhunter asks for an executive summary, when you are looking without your employer knowing, or when the CV crosses a border.

Country Manager · Bilingual ES/ENHarvard formatBilingual ES/ENWith photoInternational Executive
Consulting · ATSHeader plus key-skills bannerClears the ATS filterConsulting & Strategy
One page · LinkedIn blue headerShare onlineOne pageWith photoLinkedIn Compact
Confidential search · ATS without photoDiscreetPrivate Search
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A template will not fix a CV with no numbers

Before choosing a design, prepare your content with our executive CV guides by role: which responsibilities to explain, which results to demonstrate and which mistakes to avoid for your position.

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