chairman
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After the offer closed, Hugo Boss appointed Frasers’ Chief Executive Michael Murray as chairman of its supervisory board to succeed Stephan Sturm, in a move aimed at reflecting the changes in the company’s shareholder structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In a statement reported by the Hollywood Reporter, external, Channing Dungey, the chairman of Warner Bros.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“It’s going to seriously discourage new development throughout the state, and we’re not just talking about stadiums,” said Quinn, chairman and founding partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
History shows those bets won’t hold up, according to Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates and chairman of Syzygy Asset Management, which manages $32 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Somehow he ignited the interest of Miszuko Fukushima, chairman of the Japanese Social Democratic Party.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Indeed, Warsh was less willing than previous Fed chairmen to speculate much on the path of the economy, inflation and interest rates during his first press conference.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The company has now had four chief executives and three chairmen since 2023, including interim roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
His term as governor doesn’t expire until 2028, and most chairmen step down from the board when their chairmanship ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
There are dedicated recruitment staff at many clubs now but managers and chairmen still need a free week before any deadline, so please use some common sense and stop this madness!
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
I wrote a note to all the chairmen of English departments who had offered me jobs.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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It provides that all legal disputes which may arise between Austria and Czechoslovakia are to be submitted to an impartial commission chairmaned by an appointee of the Swiss Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At Edinburgh in 1910 he chairmaned the great interdenominational world conference, out of which evolved in 1920 the I.M.C., which he has headed ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Except for Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who chairmaned the Commission for its first ten months and got it off to a handsome start, he has been its only boss.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As such he supervised the corporation's financial affairs, chairmaned some of its most important committees.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was late in the afternoon of the same day that the Federative Council sent its committee, chairmaned by Engineer Scott, to interview the ex-general manager at his rooms in the Clarendon.
From The Grafters by Francis Lynde
His plan: an Industry Council made up of an equal number of representatives from management and S. W. O. C., chairmanned by a Government man.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At Yale he played some football, some golf, chairmanned the Yale Graphic.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Directly behind the 13-man labor committee, chairmanned by Utah's bald and scholarly Elbert Duncan Thomas, sat Mrs. Taft placidly knitting on a sweater for a grandson.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On that date the Quintuplets' Board of Guardians, chairmanned by Ontario Surrogate H. R. Valin, will hand them over for future bringing up to the gentle Grey Nuns of Ontario's Pembroke Diocese.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Before the Appropriations subcommittee chairmanned by Colorado's compact little Senator Adams, Alabama's gift to the drama tossed aside her blue felt hat, perched herself on the table and read a prepared statement.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Legislative Branch, Sections 4–6
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