取締役(とりしまりやく)

とりしまりやく
noun
company director, board member
1. company director, member of the board of directors
A person elected by shareholders to serve on the board of directors of a corporation. Responsible for major business decisions and oversight of company management. A formal legal title under Japanese corporate law.
彼(かれ)は取締役(とりしまりやく)に就任(しゅうにん)した。
He was appointed as a company director.
取締役会(とりしまりやくかい)で新(あたら)しい方針(ほうしん)が決定(けってい)された。
A new policy was decided at the board of directors meeting.
同社(どうしゃ)は社外(しゃがい)取締役(とりしまりやく)を二名(にめい)新(あら)たに迎(むか)え、ガバナンスの強化(きょうか)を図(はか)る。
The company will newly appoint two outside directors to strengthen governance.

USAGE:
取締役(とりしまりやく) is a formal legal title used in Japanese corporate law (会社法(かいしゃほう)). The word is commonly abbreviated in compound titles.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 取締役会(とりしまりやくかい): board of directors (meeting)
  • 代表取締役(だいひょうとりしまりやく): representative director (CEO equivalent)
  • 社外(しゃがい)取締役(とりしまりやく): outside director
  • 常務(じょうむ)取締役(とりしまりやく): managing director
  • 専務(せんむ)取締役(とりしまりやく): senior managing director
  • 取締役(とりしまりやく)に就任(しゅうにん)する: to be appointed as director
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