Managers, executives and directors

Managers and executives: UK

• Highest Level
  • chairman/chair woman, chief executive/managing director(=MD) or chief operating officer(=CEO) :
    • a highest level position of a organization or company
  • non-executive director :
    • a person which is not a manager of a organization or company, but has particular knowledge of the industry or of particular areas.
• senior executives/top executives/executive directors Level
  • **cheif financial officer(=CFO)/finance director(=FD) **:
    • a person in charge of finance
  • marketing director :
    • a person in charge of marketing
  • human resources director
    • a person in charge of human resources
  • IT director
    • a person in charge of IT
  • research director
    • a person in charge of research
• Middle Level
  • accounts department manager
    • a person in charge of accounts department
  • sales manager
    • a person in charge of sales
  • customer services manager
    • a person in charge of customer services
• etc
  • line manager
    • a manager in a branch

All the directors together are the board. They meet in the boardroom.

Non-executive directors are not managers of the company; they are outsiders, often directors of other companies who have particular knowledge of the industry or of particular areas.

The marketing director is the head of marketing, the IT director is the head of IT, etc. These people head or head up their departments. Informally, the head of an activity, a department or an organization is its boss.

An executive or, informally, an exec, is usually a manager at quite a high level (for example, a senior executive). But ‘executive’ can be used in other contexts to suggest luxury, as in ‘executive coach’ and ‘executive home’, even for things that are not actually used by executives.

Words

non-executive directors n.

[countable] one of the directors of a company who gives advice, but who does not make decisions about how the company is run

So for him the public sector has proved useful and at present he is a non-executive director of Defence Research Agency Council.

stand for phv.

if a letter or symbol stands for something, it represents a word or idea, especially as a short form

What does ATM stand for?

head up phv.

vt. to be in charge of an organization, part of an organization, or a group

Perkins left his post to head up marketing at Pizza Hut.

vice president/vice-president(=VP) n.

the title given in some organizations to the person directly below the president in rank

After three years as vice-president, he became chief executive officer.

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