Meanings of external director in English

Universal also brought back a former finance executive and added an external director to the board.

Kimura will have to be approved to become an external director at the shareholder meeting slated for June 25.

Under its previous guidelines, the asset manager had considered two external director positions beyond the CEO's own board as manageable.

The board unanimously backed Saikawa, even while acknowledging he may have not done enough to rein in Ghosn, one external director said.

Five of Olympus' eight internal directors and one of its three external directors are subject to the legal action.

Six of Olympus' 11 directors are being sued: five of its eight internal directors and one of three external directors.

Olympus had three external directors, though all at some point worked for organisations or firms that had ties with the company.

Olympus had three external directors, though all at some point worked for organizations or firms that had ties with the company.

The INCJ will lead the recruitment of new executives to run the company, while external directors will be drawn from Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi and INCJ.