non-executive director

noun [C] (also independent director, also outside director)

Definition

› MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE one of a company's board of directors who is not one of the company's managers: She joins the Lloyds board on March 1 as a non-executive director.

(Definition of non-executive director noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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