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Andrew O’Brien has reportedly stepped into the role of CEO at ConocoPhillips.

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Post: "Has anyone had success prospecting around executive changes?"

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RedditAug 25, 2026By u/Fun-Arugula-4141

r/salesdevelopment

Has anyone had success prospecting around executive changes?

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Is anyone here using CEO, CFO or other senior leadership changes as a trigger for outbound today? How are you tracking the changes, and what kind of success have you had reaching out after someone new comes into a role? I’ve been building a site that tracks these moves across public and private companies. A few changes it picked up last week included: • Andrew O’Brien becoming CEO of ConocoPhillips • Wesley Batista Filho becoming global CEO of JBS • Lee McIntire being named CEO of Fermi • Richard McPhail stepping in as Home Depot’s interim principal executive officer Would be interested to hear what’s working for others. [https://tracksuccession.com/](https://tracksuccession.com/)

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  • “Always found the new CFO hire to be the best trigger, they're usually under immediate pressure to find cost savings and are way more open to a chat than a tenured exec”

    u/PowerfullyCheeky5 points · Aug 25, 2026View

  • “Could we filter with locations ? For territories”

    u/UnleashedZoro1 points · Aug 25, 2026View

  • “exec changes are one of the best triggers there is, PowerfullyCheeky is right that a new CFO under cost pressure is gold. but two things worth knowing: one, this signal is about to commoditize. youre building a tool for it, others are too, and soon every new exec gets 40 "congrats on the role" emails in week one. the trigger alone stops being an edge the moment everyone has it. two, the durabl”

    u/shanksgan1 points · Aug 25, 2026View

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Aug 25, 2026
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