Also known as
  • Chief Executive,
  • CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, or executive, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization, or agency, reporting to the board of directors. In internal communication and press releases, many companies capitalize the term and those of other high positions, even when they are not proper nouns. In some European Union countries, there are two separate boards, one executive board for the day-to-day business and one supervisory board for control purposes (elected by the shareholders). In these countries, the CEO presides over the executive board and the chairman presides over the supervisory board, and these two roles will always be held by different people. This ensures a distinction between management by the executive board and governance by the supervisory board. This allows for clear lines of authority. The aim is to prevent a conflict of interest and too much power being concentrated... full article at wikipedia

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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by nanette about 1 hour ago
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