Director-general

Overview

The term director-general is used worldwide to signify the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In the European Commission, each department (called a Directorate-General) is headed by a non-political Director-General. This is roughly equivalent to a British Permanent Secretary.

Australia

In the Western Australian Government, the Director-General is the most senior civil servant in any government department, reporting only to the democratically-elected minister representing that department.

France

In France, the similar word Président-directeur général (short: PDG) means the highest person in a company, corresponding to the CEO.

India

In India there is a Director General of Police in each state.

Italy

In Italy, the Direttore generale of a company is a corporate officer who reports to CEO (Amministratore delegato) and has duties similar to a chief operating officer.

Spain

In Spain, México, and other Spanish-speaking countries, the term "Director General" of a company (similar to a US corporation) means the highest person managing the company and translates as the CEO into United States English.

United Kingdom

In the UK, Director-general is the professional head of an Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. For example the chief executive of the British Broadcasting Corporation is called the Director-general. The head of the UKs internal security service MI5 is also a Director-general, who operates at Permanent Secretary (Grade 1) level. (See British Civil Service#Grading schemes for details.)

United States

This term is commonly used in international organisations and government departments, though often called an Executive Director or Managing Director in the U.S..

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