Meaning of 業務執行社員


I would like to know which is the meaning of 業務執行社員／業務を執行する社員 (company
employee who executes business operations). How do these words differ from
just 社員?

May 業務執行社員／業務を執行する社員 refer to "a representative, a proxy", that is, a company
employee who represent the company and is authorised to act in its name?

Thank you so much in advance for your help!




The word 社員 lit. "firm member" is ambiguous in Japanese. In everyday language,
it normally means "company staff(s)" or "employee" (= 従業員). In legal terms,
however, it means those who has right to participate in a legally established
organization, that is, for a usual joint-stock company, shareholders.

Thus 業務執行社員 (as a technical term) means a shareholder who executes the
company's business. It is a legal concept (that the director board can
delegate such-and-such to them...), and usually not used as a public title
such as 社長, 取締役, 役員, CEO etc.




The word 社員 lit. "firm member" is ambiguous in Japanese. In everyday language,
it normally means "company staff(s)" or "employee" (= 従業員). In legal terms,
however, it means those who has right to participate in a legally established
organization, that is, for a usual joint-stock company, shareholders.

Thus 業務執行社員 (as a technical term) means a shareholder who executes the
company's business. It is a legal concept (that the director board can
delegate such-and-such to them...), and usually not used as a public title
such as 社長, 取締役, 役員, CEO etc.

