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chief executive

  1. (1) (in relation to an undertaking whose principal place of business is within the United Kingdom) the person who, alone or jointly with one or more others, is responsible under the immediate authority of the directors for the conduct of the whole of its business.
  2. (2) (in relation to an undertaking whose principal place of business is outside the United Kingdom) the person who, alone or jointly with one or more others, is responsible for the conduct of its business within the United Kingdom.3