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Interlocking Directorate
(redirected from Interlocking directorship)

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Interlocking directorate
Describes cross-memberships of directors on each other's company Board of Directors.

Interlocking Directorate
A situation or state in which one person is a member of the board of directors in more than one publicly-traded company. This creates the possibility of a conflict of interest; indeed, interlocking directorates are illegal when two companies are competitors.


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CEOs are being told to limit their board roles, boards are instituting age and tenure limits, and shareholder activist groups are insisting on fewer interlocking directorships.
 
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