From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnon-executive directorˌnon-executive diˈrector noun [countable] BBCone of the directors of a company who gives advice, but who does not make decisions about how the company is run
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non-executive director• But the former Cambridge graduate, who joined the industry 33 years ago, will continue to serve as a non-executive director.• So for him the public sector has proved useful and at present he is a non-executive director of the Defence Research Agency Council.• He is to be replaced by non-executive director John Smale, former chairman and chief executive of Procter & Gamble.From Longman Business Dictionarynon-executive directornon-exˌecutive diˈrector (also outside director)JOB a director who is not involved in the daily management of an organization → director 