chief executive

chief executive
The person with responsibility for ensuring that an organization functions efficiently if it is non-profit-making and makes a profit acceptable to the shareholders if it is profit-making. Although the term was formerly more common in North America than the UK, it is now sometimes used in place of managing director in the UK.

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  • chief executive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ current, former ▪ acting (BrE), interim (esp. BrE) ▪ joint (esp. BrE) ▪ outgoing (esp. BrE) …   Collocations dictionary

  • Chief Executive — noun AmE the Chief Executive the President of the US …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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