The term director-general is used worldwide to signify the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. Commonly used in international organisations and government departments, though often called an Executive Director or Managing Director in the U.S.
In the UK, Director-general is the professional head of an Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. For exa...
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The term director-general is used worldwide to signify the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. Commonly used in international organisations and government departments, though often called an Executive Director or Managing Director in the U.S.
In the UK, Director-general is the professional head of an Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. For example the chief executive of the British Broadcasting Corporation is called the Director-general. The head of the UKs internal security service MI5 is also a Director-general, who operates at Permanent Secretary (Grade 1) level. (See British Civil Service#Grading schemes for details.)
In the Western Australian Government, the Director-General is the most senior civil servant in any government department, reporting only to the democratically-elected minister representing that department.
In the European Commission, each department (called a...
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