noun
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
A director who does not hold an executive or managerial role; typically a board member without day-to-day operational authority. Used in corporate governance contexts.
当社では、平取締役が監査役を兼ねることはできません。
At our company, a non-executive director cannot also serve as an auditor.
彼は平取締役として、経営陣の決定を監督する立場にある。
As a non-executive director, he is in a position to oversee the decisions of the management team.
Compound of 平 (ひら, 'ordinary, plain') and 取締役 (とりしまりやく, 'director'), literally 'plain director'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows a common pattern of using 平 to indicate a non-specialized or non-executive role.