executive Hide phoneticsnoun [C]1 (INFORMAL exec) someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them into action:She is now a senior executive having worked her way up through the company.2 the executive the part of a government that is responsible for making certain that laws and decisions are put into action3 a group of people who run a business or an organization:The executive of the health workers' union accepted the proposed pay increase on behalf of their members.
He was carefull and strict about his job. So now he is an executive on the board of directors.