board of directors

noun phrase

: a group of people who manage or direct a company or organization
She's on the board of directors for a large corporation.

Examples of board of directors in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Blackstone not only won the support of HSF’s board of directors with its latest $1.30-per-share bid, the investment giant always had the upper hand due to an option to match or outbid any HSF takeover offer. Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024 The decision included a condition for OpenAI to reconfigure its board of directors. Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 May 2024 Under the plan, FTX will replace its present board of directors with new members of its choosing, and the Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC), which has a formal voice in the bankruptcy, will be disbanded. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 8 May 2024 The American Nurses Association board of directors expanded this to a National Nurses Week in 1990. Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024 The special committee of Paramount Global’s board of directors that has been handling the M&A negotiations now intends to proceed with discussions with both the Skydance and Sony/Apollo groups, as reported Sunday by the New York Times and confirmed by multiple sources. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 May 2024 The Mechanical Licensing Collective wants your picks for publisher candidates to join its board of directors. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 3 May 2024 In March, Cue’s co-founder and CEO Ayub Khattak, stepped down from leading the company after a strategic review by the company’s board of directors. Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024 The district’s board of directors now includes the heads of prominent farming families in the area, including Mullion and his father, Bob, as well as Greenstone’s vice president, Malano. Maanvi Singh, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024

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“Board of directors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/board%20of%20directors. Accessed 19 May. 2024.

Legal Definition

board of directors

often capitalized B&D
: a group of individuals elected by the shareholders of a corporation to manage the corporation's business and appoint its officers

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