Director-General

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... more

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