someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
Examples of 'senior executive' in a sentence
senior executive
Normally a company sending a senior executive on a business school or diploma course has little choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The problems have led to a cull of senior executives.
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Ten senior executives report direct to him.
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It also said then that the most senior executives would not be eligible.
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Capacity for the economic tasks and willingness to work on them is by no means the only requirement for a senior executive.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING FOR RESULTS (1986)
Various senior executives had to be reassured that there was no prospect of a - how shall we put it?
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Although his precise future role is unclear, he is expected to occupy a senior executive position after the takeover.
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His most recent position was senior executive supporting the chief executive officer of the UK bank.
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Some stem from the nature of organisations, perhaps a predominantly male culture and a reluctance by older male senior executives to be more flexible.
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These include requiring listed companies to disclose annually the proportion of women on their boards, in senior executive positions and in their workforces overall.