• She is Scottish Power's most senior woman executive.
• a senior executive with a major pharmaceuticals company
• One of the BBC's top executives was working under a freelance contract.
— see also Active Corps of Executives• An account executive will be expected to know when a client can see the proofs of the latest press advertisement.
• a dynamic young advertising executive
• The corporation's new chairman and chief executive says that he intends to create three completely separate divisions.
• She took a post as a trainee legal executive with a firm of solicitors.
• an audit on behalf of both the legislative and the executive
• The Health and Safety Executive has published three free guidance leaflets for chemical manufacturers.
— compare Occupational Safety and Health Administration• The executive deferred a decision on his future until mid-January.
• a meeting of the Labour party executive
• the National Executive of the Labour Party
• Some of the members of the executive board decided to rethink the organizational culture.
• When he reached the company's retirement age of 60, he decided to give up his executive duties.
• the legislative and executive functions of government
• The Falcon 20 is one of the most versatile executive jets (= small jet planes for the use of a company's top managers ) flying in the world today.
• the executive lounge at Heathrow airport
• the executive dining room
• For an executive car, the BMW's depreciation is relatively low.
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World Economic Forum is an annual meeting in Switzerland at which political leaders and business executives discuss economic issues.
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»an advertising/marketing/oil executive
»company/corporate/industry executives
»a financial/sales executive
The executive of the health workers' union accepted the proposed pay increase on behalf of their members.
An executive decision was made to move to another site.
»The organizational pyramid had executive management at the top and supervisors and employees at the bottom.
Reshaping the culture of the corporation around the needs of the entire enterprise requires executive leadership.
»The IMF is fully accountable to its membership, through the 24-member executive board.
an executive appointment/job/position
»executive bonuses/pay/salary
»They appointed a relocation officer at executive level.
»The interview board considered that the candidate was definitely executive material.
an executive jet
»He had a drink in the airport executive lounge before boarding his flight.
»He worked in the executive suite at Northwest Airlines.
an executive car/flat/home