Editing Corporate title (section)

===Specific corporate officer positions ===
[[Chairman|Chairman of the board]] – presiding officer of the corporate board of directors. The chairman influences the board of directors, which in turn elects and removes the officers of a corporation and oversees the human, financial, environmental and technical operations of a corporation.
* The CEO may also hold the title of "chairman", resulting in an executive chairman. In this case, the board frequently names an independent member of the board as a lead director. The C-suite is normally led by the CEO.
* Executive chairman – the chairman's post may also exist as an office separate from that of CEO, and it is considered an executive chairman if that titleholder wields influence over company operations, such as [[Vince McMahon]] of [[WWE]], [[Steve Case]] of [[AOL Time Warner]], and [[Douglas Flint]] of [[HSBC]]. In particular, the group chairmanship of HSBC is considered the top position of that institution, outranking the chief executive, and is responsible for leading the board and representing the company in meetings with government figures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8019235/HSBC-investors-against-Michael-Geoghegan-becoming-chairman.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8019235/HSBC-investors-against-Michael-Geoghegan-becoming-chairman.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=HSBC investors against Michael Geoghegan becoming chairman |newspaper=Telegraph |date= 2010-09-22|access-date=2011-12-31 |location=London |first1=Harry |last1=Wilson |first2=Sean |last2=Farrell |first3=Philip |last3=Aldrick}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/business/hsbc-chief-michael-geoghegan-to-quit-after-failing-to-get-top-job/story-e6frfm1i-1225928665163 |title=HSBC chief Michael Geoghegan 'to quit' after failing to get top job |publisher=News.com.au |date=2010-09-24 |access-date=2011-12-31 |archive-date=2013-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204195626/http://www.news.com.au/business/hsbc-chief-michael-geoghegan-to-quit-after-failing-to-get-top-job/story-e6frfm1i-1225928665163 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to the creation of the group management board in 2006, HSBC's chairman essentially held the duties of a chief executive at an equivalent institution, while HSBC's chief executive served as the deputy. After the 2006 reorganization, the management cadre ran the business, while the chairman oversaw the controls of the business through compliance and audit and the direction of the business.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8212815/HSBC-ex-chief-Michael-Geoghegan-relaxes-as-another-marathon-looms.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8212815/HSBC-ex-chief-Michael-Geoghegan-relaxes-as-another-marathon-looms.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=HSBC ex-chief Michael Geoghegan relaxes as another marathon looms |newspaper=Telegraph |date= 2010-12-20|access-date=2011-12-31 |location=London |first=Damian |last=Reece}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Non-executive chairman – also a separate post from the CEO, unlike an executive chairman, a non-executive chairman does not interfere in day-to-day company matters. Across the world, many companies have separated the roles of chairman and CEO, often resulting in a non-executive chairman, saying that this move improves corporate governance.
*[[Chief business officer]] is a corporate senior executive who assumes full management responsibility for the company's deal making, provides leadership and executes a deal strategy that will allow the company to fulfill its scientific/technology mission and build shareholder value, provides managerial guidance to the company's product development staff as needed.
*[[Chief of staff]] is a corporate director level manager who has overall responsibility for the staff activity within the company who often would have responsibility of hiring and firing of the highest level managers and sometimes directors. They can work with and report directly to managing directors and the chief executive officer.
*[[Commissioner]]
*[[Comptroller|Financial control officer]], FCO or FC, also comptroller or controller – supervises accounting and financial reporting within an organization
* Director or member of a board of directors – high-level official with a fiduciary responsibility of overseeing the operation of a corporation and elects or removes officers of a corporation; nominally, ''directors'', other than the ''chairman'' are usually not considered to be employees of the company ''per se'', although they may receive compensation, often including benefits; in publicly held companies. A ''board of directors'' is normally made up of members (''directors'') who are a mixture of corporate officials who are also management employees of the company ([[inside director]]s) and persons who are not employed by the company in any capacity ([[outside director]]s or [[non-executive director]]s). In privately held companies, the ''board of directors'' often only consists of the statutory corporate officials, and in ''sole proprietorship'' and ''partnerships'', the board is entirely optional, and if it does exist, only operates in an advisory capacity to the owner or ''partners''. Non-profit corporations' governing board members may be called ''directors'' like most for-profit corporations, or an alternative like ''trustees'', ''governors'', etc.
*[[Director (business)|Director]] – a manager of managers within an organization who is often responsible for a major business function and who sometimes reports to a vice president (in some financial services companies the title vice president has a different meaning). Often used with name of a functional area; ''finance director'', ''director of finance'', ''marketing director'', and so on. Not to be confused with a ''member of the board of directors'', who is also referred to as a ''director''. This is a middle management and not an executive level position, unless it is in the banking industry. Alternatively, a manager of managers is often referred to as a "senior manager' or as an "associate vice president", depending upon levels of management, and industry type.
*[[President (corporate title)|President]] – legally recognized highest "titled" corporate officer, and usually a member of the board of directors. There is much variation; often the CEO also holds the title of president, while in other organizations if there is a separate CEO, the president is then second highest-ranking position. In such a case the president is often the COO and is considered to be more focused upon daily operations compared to the CEO, who is supposed to be the visionary. If the corporate president is not the COO (such as [[Richard Parsons (businessman)|Richard Parsons]] of Time Warner from 1995 to 2001), then many division heads report directly to the CEO themselves, with the president taking on special assignments from the CEO.
*[[Secretary]] or [[company secretary]] – legally recognized "titled" corporate officer who reports to the board of directors and is responsible for keeping the records of the board and the company. This title is often concurrently held by the ''treasurer'' in a dual position called ''secretary-treasurer''; both positions may be concurrently held by the ''CFO''. Note, however, that the ''secretary'' has a reporting line to the board of directors, regardless of any other reporting lines conferred by concurrent titles.
*[[Treasurer]] – legally recognized corporate officer entrusted with the fiduciary responsibility of caring for company funds. Often this title is held concurrently with that of ''secretary'' in a dual role called ''secretary-treasurer''. It can also be held concurrently with the title of ''CFO'' or fall under the jurisdiction of one, though the CFO tends to oversee the finance department instead, which deals with accounting and audits, while the treasurer deals directly with company funds. Note, however, that the ''treasurer'' has a reporting line to the board of directors, regardless of any other reporting lines conferred by concurrent titles.
*[[Superintendent (disambiguation)|Superintendent]]
*[[Ownership|Owner]] (sometimes proprietor or sole proprietor, for [[sole proprietorship]]s)
*[[Partner (business rank)|Partner]] – Used in many different ways. This may indicate a co-owner as in a legal partnership or may be used in a general way to refer to a broad class of employees or temporary/contract workers who are often assigned field or customer service work. Associate is often used in a similar way.
* Vice chair or [[vice chairman]] – officer of the board of directors who may stand in for the ''chairman'' in his or her absence. However, this type of vice chairman title on its own usually has only an advisory role and not an operational one (such as [[Ted Turner]] at Time Warner).<ref>{{cite web |first= James | last= Welsh|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a10201/ted-turner-quits-as-aoltw-vice-chairman.html |title=Ted Turner quits as AOLTW Vice Chairman |website=Digital Spy |date=2003-01-29 |access-date=2011-12-31}}</ref> An unrelated definition of ''vice chair'' describes an executive who is higher ranking or has more seniority than ''executive vice president''. Sometimes, EVPs report to the vice chair, who in turn reports directly to the CEO (so vice chairs in effect constitute an additional layer of management), other vice chairs have more responsibilities but are otherwise on an equal tier with EVPs. Executive vice chairman are usually ''not'' on the board of directors. [[Royal Bank of Canada]] previously used vice chairs in their inner management circle until 2004 but have since renamed them as ''group heads''.