difference between a director and an officer

[Paldan]

Please, what is the difference between a company director and a company officer, considering the Companies Act? Thank you.

 

[Scalloway]

According to this link directors are officers. The company secretary is also.

http://www.completeformations.co.uk/companyfaqs/setting_up_a_company/officers.html

 

[Merchant UK]

The company's officers

The officers of your company are the people formally appointed to run it - the company directors and if it has or requires one, the company secretary. Among their other duties the directors have a responsibility to prepare and deliver documents - such as the accounts and annual return. They also have a duty to notify changes to, for example, its registered office or directors.
If officers resign or new ones are appointed, or if their personal details change, the Registrar of Companies must be informed straight away. You can find downloadable company registration forms on the Companies House website - Opens in a new window.

 

[WJP]

All directors are officers, but not all officers are directors.
All squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.

 

[Charlie B ACS]

It's the start of Homework season already!

 

[WJP]

What do you mean by that Charlie?

 

It's the start of Homework season already!

And why not - shows some application & initiative!

I wish I could have used this in my studies, long, long ago....

 

[Charlie B ACS]

Will,

I was referring to the OP. Every so often a question appears that is blatantly a student getting homework help, rather than a business owner with a genuine problem.

 

Will,

I was referring to the OP. Every so often a question appears that is blatantly a student getting homework help, rather than a business owner with a genuine problem.

Very public spirited of you!

In the time taken to knock down this student you could have provided constructive information...

 

[Scalloway]

This kind of question sometimes gets me thinking about what is the answer, so when I find out I figure I might as well share with everyone.

 

[Charlie B ACS]

Very public spirited of you!

In the time taken to knock down this student you could have provided constructive information...

When I was a student, the emphasis was on researching & finding an answer for yourself, not asking someone else.

 

[WJP]

Will,

I was referring to the OP. Every so often a question appears that is blatantly a student getting homework help, rather than a business owner with a genuine problem.

Ah righty ho, my mistake. I thought it was a reference to my square/rectangle phrase, which I did in fact pick up off a mathematics student whom I had the pleasure (?) of living with at university, and had completely forgotten until just then.

 

[Dhiren]

Officers are employed by the company and part of management.

Directors serve on the Board of Directors and may or may not be an officer of the company. An officer that serves on the Board is referred to as an inside director.

 

[Scalloway]

Officers are employed by the company and part of management.

Directors serve on the Board of Directors and may or may not be an officer of the company. An officer that serves on the Board is referred to as an inside director.

I note from your link your are based in Michigan, USA. What you state may be the law there but in the UK a director or company secretary is a company officer.