Glossary of Terms: director

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Definition

a natural person who serves on the board

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)

CA Civ. Code § 4140

The Corporations Code defines "directors" as natural persons designated...elected or appointed...to act as members of the governing body of the corporation. A person who does not have authority to act as a member of the governing body of the corporation, including through voting rights as a member of the governing body, is not a director.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 45. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)

CA Corp. Code § 5047