The Chief Executive is the highest executive officer in a company, rather like the captain of a ship He or she is accountable to the company's Board of Directors and is frequently a member of that Board The Chief Executive participates in setting strategy with the Board and other officers and is responsible for the tactics in meeting the company's goals Known in the USA as the Chief Executive Officer or CEO
means a Chief Executive of an administrative unit established under the Public Sector Management Act 1994; or a chief executive officer of a Territory instrumentality or of an autonomous instrumentality
The head of a department of State, as prescribed in the Public Service Act 1996, and certain other key officers The chief executives are the Directors-General, or their equivalent in other agencies such as the Under Treasurer, the Auditor-General and the Parliamentary Counsel The term sometimes means the principal officer of a statutory authority, a peak body or private corporation