(n.) One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.
(n.) One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company.
(n.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.
(n.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath.
Example Sentences:
(1) This may have significant consequences for people’s health.” However, Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded the work, said medical journals could no longer be relied on to be unbiased.
(2) Former Regional director for Latin American Caribbean and Middle East, Save the Children.
(3) Prior to joining JOE Media, Will was chief commercial officer at Dazed Group, where he also sat on the board of directors.
(4) Stringer, a Vietnam war veteran who was knighted in 1999, is already inside the corporation, if only for a few months, after he was appointed as one of its non-executive directors to toughen up the BBC's governance following a string of scandals, from the Jimmy Savile abuse to multimillion-pound executive payoffs.
(5) All staff can participate in the plan but payouts for directors are capped at £3,000.
(6) Paul Johnson, the IFS director, said: “Osborne’s new fiscal charter is much more constraining than his previous fiscal rules.
(7) It felt like my very existence was being denied,” said Hahn Chae-yoon, executive director of Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.
(8) The committee is chaired by John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, and includes Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates, as well as other board members Chuck Noski and Steve Luczo.
(9) Just a few months ago, a director-level position job for Sears was floated by me from the department store chain's headquarters in Chicago.
(10) FBI assistant director David Bowdich said that Syed Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, were radicalized long before they went on a rampage at a community center in southern California last Wednesday, but would not specify whether he meant months or years.
(11) I have to do my best.” The Leeds sporting director Nicola Salerno told the news conference that it was unlikely there would be new permanent signings in the January transfer window, but that there would be the possibility for loan deals.
(12) She then spent five years as director of mission and pastoral studies at Cranmer Hall.
(13) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
(14) Photograph: David Grayson David Grayson, director, The Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield University David became professor of corporate responsibility and director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield School of Management, in April 2007, after a 30 year career as a social entrepreneur and campaigner for responsible business, diversity, and small business development.
(15) Sir James Crosby, the ITV senior independent non-executive director, explained why the board had opted to retain Grade's services for an extra year: "It was the unanimous view of ITV's independent non-executive directors that it would be in the best interests of the company and its shareholders to ask Michael to extend his time as executive chairman.
(16) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(17) The whole film is primarily shown from the character's perspective, so 70% of the process involved working with the director of photography [Maxime Alexandre].
(18) "Today a federal district court put up a roadblock on a path constructed by 21 federal court rulings over the last year – a path that inevitably leads to nationwide marriage equality," said Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign.
(19) If the physician's office laboratory is not subject to regulations, the physician-director should personally direct the operation of his or her laboratory and keep abreast of the latest developments in laboratory medicine applicable to the specific areas of testing performed.
(20) "It is very easy to see somebody get killed over this issue," Marijuana Industry Group Director Michael Elliott testified last month.
Directorship
Definition:
(n.) The condition or office of a director; directorate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The activist organisation has previously highlighted CBA chairman David Turner’s directorship role with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in an attempt to make the bank distance itself from the project.
(2) The latest report from Lord Mervyn Davies, the government’s champion of gender equality in the boardroom, reveals that women now hold 23.5% of FTSE 100 directorships, up from 22.8% last October and almost double the number in 2011 when the target was set.
(3) What chance do historians have to address histories honestly when even today the questions remain over whose stories shall be told?” In an interview before his departure, Sayers reflects that this politically charged atmosphere had dissipated by the time he began his directorship in 2010.
(4) The House of Representatives requirements for disclosing family members' interests state that incomes, savings accounts, liabilities, directorships and shares must be declared, and adds that “any other interests where a conflict of interest with a Member’s public duties could foreseeably arise or be seen to arise”.
(5) But in 1963 he became a professional historian, accepting directorship of the Columbus centre for studies of persecution and genocide at the University of Sussex.
(6) Most ex-envoys are content with a few directorships, a place on the board of a charity and an occasional media turn in their area of expertise.
(7) James Murdoch's non-executive directorship of BSkyB Ofcom found that his retention in a non-executive role did not mean that Sky was not fit and proper to hold broadcast licences.
(8) He is many other posts include a seat on the council of the Lloyd's insurance market, the chairman's role at the London Investment Bankers Association and directorships at Reuters, National Power and, currently, Legal & General.
(9) When the directorship of the Almeida, a struggling fringe venue in a run-down enclave of Islington, became available in 1990 the pair saw an opportunity to transplant the Citz's philosophy to London.
(10) In recalling the most significant events in the history of the Clinica del Lavoro from its inauguration in 1910, the author dedicates special attention to the work of the Clinic in the 35 years of his own Directorship.
(11) Nash repeats Furnival’s instruction to his accountant to cease his directorships.
(12) She queried why Murdoch had stepped down from two non-executive directorships at other companies but did not feel it was necessary to do so at BSkyB.
(13) Of the original “Big Five”, Martin Edwards made £94m from his directorships and sale of shares in Manchester United, David Moores £90m selling his inherited Liverpool stake to Tom Hicks and George Gillett, David Dein £75m selling the Arsenal stake he bought cheaply in the 1980s to Alisher Usmanov.
(14) Ministers and civil servants know that if they keep faith with corporations in office they will be assured of lucrative directorships in retirement.
(15) Patten's listing in the register of members' interests in the House of Lords lists a directorship plus four other paid positions, and his position at Oxford which is listed as a "non-financial interest".
(16) Since then, he has picked up a series of part-time non-executive directorships, including as chairman at online grocer Ocado .
(17) In 2000 he was elected as president and quickly elevated trusted members of the security services into the governerships of Russia's provinces, into ministries and into the directorships of state-owned companies.
(18) Whenever Blunkett has been in trouble – a ministerial resignation caused by the 2004 row over the issuing of a visa for his lover’s nanny ; another caused by claims concerning directorships – his reaction has been to immerse himself in the certainties of being MP for Sheffield Brightside.
(19) Approval to retain a directorship of a private company or business will be granted only if the prime minister is satisfied, on the advice of the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, that no conflict of interest is likely to arise.
(20) His only punishment for the crime of aggression so far is a multimillion-pound book deal, massive speaking fees, posh directorships and an appointment as Middle East peace envoy, which must rank with Henry Kissinger's receipt of the Nobel peace prize as the supreme crime against satire.