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Q.A director who has no material pecuniary or other relationship with the company that could compromise objective judgment is called:

(a) A managing director
(b) A nominee director
(c) An independent director
(d) A whole-time director
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This question asks for the specific term used for a Board member defined by their independence from the company.

Option (a), a managing director, is a full-time executive director actively involved in running the company — the opposite of an outsider with no material relationship to it.

Option (b), a nominee director, is appointed to represent the specific interest of a particular shareholder, lender or government body on the Board — such a director has a defined connection to that appointing party, which is a different concept from having no material relationship with the company at all.

Option (d), a whole-time director, is likewise a full-time employee-director of the company, not an outside, unconnected overseer. …

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