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>>himara+(OP)
So the board fired the CEO and appointed a new one. The new CEO now wants to hire the old CEO back but now the board doesn’t want either of them to be CEO and is trying to find a totally new CEO. What a friggin’ mess.

>>JCM9+91
She is interim CEO, meaning that her job is to hire new CEO. And she is not hiring the old CEO into CEO role.

Edit: Not to choose the CEO but do the practical things

>>nicce+l1
It's the board's job to hire the new CEO. The interim CEO runs the company until a permanent CEO is found.

The interim CEO can hire people below her (advisers, other C-suite execs) but has no authority to hire the permanent CEO.