chairman of the board

noun

1. 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.

Example Sentences

He was a national policy adviser for the Confederation of Schools Trusts, chairman of the board for the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance, and vice-chairman of the South Gloucester Schools Forum.

Read more on BBC

“It was a long night,” said Eames Demetrios, grandson of designers Charles and Ray Eames and chairman of the board for the Charles & Ray Eames Foundation.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Ellison will serve as chairman of the board.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

The directors, called to an emergency meeting at the home of the chairman of the board of the American Steel Corp., have the haughty mien of British aristocrats.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Her departure comes just months after John Manzoni took over as chairman of the board, although the sources said there had not been a clash of personalities.

Read more on BBC