Director

1. Company law.

A senior manager of a company elected by the shareholders under the company's formal constitution.

The directors are recorded at the companies registry and in certain formal documents including the annual report.

2. Organisational structure.

A title given to other senior managers of organisations, without their necessarily being formal directors in law.

See also

• Annual General Meeting
• Annual report
• Auditor
• Board of directors
• C-suite
• Companies House
• Company
• Corporate governance
• De facto director
• Directors' duties
• Directors' responsibilities statement
• EXCO
• Fiduciary duty
• Non-Executive Director
• Officer
• Senior independent director
• Shadow director