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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Example Sentences

Coladangelo, a former lobbyist, became a nonexecutive director on the department’s board late last year.

From Seattle Times

In November, he was appointed to a three-year term as a nonexecutive director of Britain’s Department for International Trade.

From Seattle Times

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

From Washington Post

Mr. Bush was a nonexecutive director of St. Louis-based Engineered Support Systems, whose profits were bolstered because of the Iraq War.

From Washington Post

Wynn Resorts forcibly redeemed Mr. Okada’s 20% stake, then valued at $2.77 billion, at a 30% discount, and the board voted to remove him as a nonexecutive director, saying an internal investigation conducted by a former FBI director had found him to be “unsuitable” based on the company’s own regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal