board seat
Corporate oversight role
A board seat is a position on a board of directors, the governing body that oversees an organization's strategy and leadership.
Securing a board seat typically means gaining voting power over major decisions: She was offered a board seat after the merger.
In startups, investors often negotiate for board seats as a condition of funding.
- directorOne who leads
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- votingFormally registering a choice
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
governance · executive · corporate ladder · trustee · appointment · election · annual meeting · proxy · proxy fight · hostile takeover · corporate · fiduciary · fiduciary duty · position · power · power grab · influence · stakeholder
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- career milestonespromotion, hire, first job, retirement, raise
- corporate governancechairman, directors, CEO, governance, executive director
- Shareholder Activismshareholder activism, proxy fight, proxy vote, proxy voting, shareholder rights
- shareholder meetingsshareholder meeting, shareholder meetings, shareholder vote, AGM, proxy
- shareholder rightsshareholder rights, voting power, proxy voting, amendment rights, first refusal
board seatday-to-day operations
Regular functioning of an organization
middle management · chief operating officer · general manager · department head
board seatentry-level job
Position for beginners
hourly worker · junior staff · intern · worker bee · laborer
board seatminority shareholder
Owner lacking voting control
retail investor · small investor · customer · creditor · passive investor
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