He calls its president its chairman or managing director.
Skill at fighting for your department is part of the chairman's job but it is not the purpose of academic leadership.
The chairman knew perfectly well that he was going to be harming the environment and decided to go ahead anyway.
Delegates postponed a decision about the exact terms of office of the group's chairman and head of the secretariat.
The commentator also claims that the chairman said he would try out some techniques in the book, and sent the book to a library.
Under the current chairman, that one tool may suffice.
Having failed as the firm's chairman, his only contribution to better governance is to resign along with its other top executives.
He would stay a year as executive chairman, said an advisor, and then do something else.
Legend had it that he knew every state party chairman in the country.
He is the chairman and interim party leader of the opposition united national congress.
British Dictionary definitions for chairman
chairman
/ˈtʃɛəmən/
noun (pl) -men
1.
Also called chairperson, (fem) chairwoman. a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc
2.
(history) someone who carries a sedan chair
Derived Forms
chairmanship, noun
Usage note
Chairman can seem inappropriate when applied to a woman, while chairwoman can be offensive. Chair and chairperson can be applied to either a man or a woman; chair is generally preferred to chairperson
Word Origin and History for chairman
n.
1650s, "occupier of a chair of authority," from chair (n.) + man (n.). Meaning "member of a corporate body chosen to preside at meetings" is from c.1730. Chairwoman in this sense first attested 1752; chairperson 1971.