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"Board of Directors" is a singular (one board) compound noun that takes a singular verb.

Think of it as 'a special group' of directors. The group may be large or small.

Example: "The board is meeting this afternoon. (is= singular verb)

But when talking about 'the directors', they may be large or small, or of varying sizes!

Example: "The directors are meeting this afternoon." (are = plural verb)

COMPANY / CORPORATE LAW

A company has a Board of Directors. It is clearly singular. Therefore singular verbs and singular pronouns are used when referring to 'a board' or 'the Board' of Directors.

Examples of usage:

  • "The World Bank Group has four Boards of Directors. ... Each Board of Directors is responsible for the conduct of ..." -The World Bank
  • "The MCC Board of Directors is composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of ..." -Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA
  • "If the board of directors has judged that a member bank is performing or behaving poorly, it will report this to the Board of Governors." -WikiPedia - Federal Reserve System
  • "The exercise by the board of directors of its powers ..." -WikiPedia - Board of Directors
  • "The board of directors generally sets broad corporate policy ..." - FreeDictionary.com

NOTE that the verbs 'is', 'has', 'it', 'its' and 'sets' are all singular forms.

PLURAL

The plural of 'board of directors' is 'boards of directors / Boards of Directors"

Some directors may serve on a numbers of different Boardsof Directors, that is, they have directorships with more than one company.

EXAMPLES OF USAGE

  • Boards of Directors are responsible for ...
  • If boards of directors have judged ... they will report ...
  • The exercise by boards of directors of theirpowers ...
  • Boards of directors generally set broad corporate policy. etc
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