accelera - executive assessment - sample report - confidential 2
An executive assessment prepared by Dan Cremons for ABC Capital evaluating Steve Smith for the CEO role at Company ABC (dated January 2022). The report concludes Steve is an A- candidate with an 80–90% likelihood of executing against the CEO scorecard. It reviews his career (deep Oil & Gas background, COO at JKL Inc., three PE-backed CEO roles since 2015), highlights strengths (strategy, customer-facing, professionalizing, M&A, leadership), and flags risks (career transitions/partings, limited sector experience outside Oil & Gas, and a tendency to be slow to fire), and recommends focused reference checks and talent-review mitigation practices.
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Dan Cremons; Date: January 2022.
Candidate: Steve Smith; Role: CEO; Target Company: Company ABC.
Headline rating: A-; Likelihood of executing on the scorecard: 80%–90%.