Managing Director vs. CEO: Key Differences in Roles and Responsibilities
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer are the two most commonly confused titles in British business, and the confusion is understandable: in a great many UK companies they describe the same job. Where they differ, the difference is not seniority in the abstract — it …
Comparing Responsibilities: Managing Director vs Operations Director
The Managing Director and the Operations Director are two of the most important leadership roles in a UK business, and they are often confused. Both carry the word “director”, both sit close to the top of the organisation, and in a smaller company the same …
Behavioral Interview Questions for Managing Directors: What to Ask and Why
Interviewing for a Managing Director is unlike interviewing for any other role in the business. The candidate will be more practised at interviews than most of the people assessing them, the evidence of their competence sits in results you cannot easily verify, and the cost …
Comparing Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer: Key Differences for Business Success
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer are two of the most senior titles in business — and two of the most frequently confused. In some companies they describe genuinely different roles; in others they are simply different names for the same job. For a business …


