Whats the difference between a CEO, an MD, and an Executive Chairman?
In the hierarchy sense, the executive chairman holds the highest position in a private Ltd company and he is more involved on policies matters, with the stakeholders and company Directors, like Annual General Meeting. The ceo reports to the executive chairman and is solely involved with the running of the company and its profitability. The MD reports to the ceo and is in charged of a particular department of the company, for example, MD of the sales department, accounts department etc While in a company, there may be only one Executive Chairman or a CEO, for MD, there are many such positions. Sometime an Executive Chairman can also holds the CEO portfolio.
