what is a c suite executive 
c suite executives are the executive level managers within a company c suite executives include the chief executive officer ceo the chief financial officer cfo the chief operating officer coo and the chief information officer cio the bottom linethe katie couric clause officially known as the executive compensation and related party disclosure clause was first proposed in 2006 and ultimately rejected if passed it would have required publicly traded companies to disclose the salaries of their top five earning executives and non executives the need for transparency in executive compensation was addressed however in the dodd frank financial reform legislation of 2010 for example companies must now include an executive compensation discussion and analysis section in their sec forms explaining how compensation is calculated and what benefits it entails 