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

When a tech company conducts an internal safety review, the primary audience is often its board of directors, its investors and its public relations team. — Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

The team’s board of directors approved the out-of-state move less than a week after the Illinois legislature adjourned without taking up a last-ditch Senate bill that would have allowed Arlington Heights or Chicago to enter into a public-private ownership deal with the NFL franchise. — Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

With the company’s emergence from bankruptcy, a new board of directors has been formed. — David Moin, Footwear News, 26 June 2026

As the lead investor in Cosm’s Series C financing round, SPE will acquire a minority ownership stake in the company, and SPE chairman and CEO, Ravi Ahuja, will join Cosm’s board of directors. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026

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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