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executive

[ig-zek-yuh-tiv] / ɪgˈzɛk yə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
administrative
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The chief executive of Heathrow Airport, Thomas Woldbye previously said expansion was "urgent" as the airport was currently working at capacity.

From BBC

A few years ago, an Exxon executive told an Arabic news outlet that the company had spent $30 billion on gas projects in Qatar since the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This case is probably going to be the most important constitutional case in a generation," said Christine Van Geyn, executive director at the Canadian Constitution Foundation.

From BBC

Greg Jackson, the chief executive of Octopus - the biggest retail energy supplier in Britain and the biggest vendor of heat pumps too - is enthusiastic about the technology.

From BBC

A decade later, as a senior executive at Coral Capital in Havana, Mr. Purvis seems to have thought his company was in good standing with the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal