CFOs’ ingratiation of CEOs, reflected by CEO-CFO LSM, can help the CFOs not only attain higher compensation but also may help them gain board seats in their firms. Unlike CEOs, who are typically sitting on their firms’ boards, CFOs are less frequently granted board seats in their firms (Bedard, Hoitash, & Hoitash, 2014). CFOs tend to care about obtaining board seats for two reasons. First, board seats provide top managers with additional power and influence (Finkelstein, 1992). CFOs on their firms’ boards can directly participate in key strategic decision-making and vote on important strategic issues of their firms. Second, board seats in focal firms or other firms also reflect top managers’ attractiveness and visibility in the external labor market (Kaplan & Reishus, 1990) and their social status (Avery, Chevalier, & Schaefer, 1998; Westphal, 1999). A recent study shows that non-CEO executives who obtain directorships in home firms or other firms have a higher likelihood of becoming a CEO (Boivie et al., 2016). Thus, directorship may pave the way for the CFO to being promoted to a CEO position.