chairman of the board

noun

the chief officer of a business corporation, elected by its board of directors and charged with the supervision and management of high-level affairs of the company, as making corporate policy or approving actions of the president and vice presidents.

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He was also an advocate for cancer research and served as the honorary chairman of the board of directors at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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The two economies are complementary as most trade is for products produced in both countries, said Emilio Cadena, CEO of Prodensa and chairman of the board of the U.S.-Mexico Foundation.

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Disney’s newly appointed chairman of the board, former Morgan Stanley executive chairman James P. Gorman, leads the CEO succession planning committee.

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On top of this, he has installed himself as the chairman of the board of a financially lucrative land trust, of which he is the sole trustee.

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John Fervier, chairman of the board, warned against passing the rule, saying it exposes the board to legal jeopardy as it doesn’t have the statutory authority to implement its plan.

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