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nonexecutive director

British  

noun

  1. a director of a commercial company who is not a full-time member of the company but is brought in to advise the other directors

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He is set to join the board in March, subject to regulatory approval, as a nonexecutive director and chair-designate to ensure an “orderly handover” before Vadera retires, Prudential said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

“Steve Wynn is an industry giant,” Boone Wayson, nonexecutive director of the board, said in the statement.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2018

He stepped down within hours as nonexecutive director of Britain’s Department for Education.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2018

Take Regeneron’s chairman, Mr. Vagelos, whose $20.5 million pay package made him the highest-paid nonexecutive director in the Journal’s analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2016

Tottenham are braced for an approach over the coming weeks and their nonexecutive director Sir Keith Mills said it was wrong to consider "it was a foregone conclusion" that Redknapp would leave White Hart Lane.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2012

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