Does anyone understand what the titles used in USA companies mean? Seems everyone has a fancy title like 'director', 'vice president', 'senior vice president', etc.

In particular, I'm wondering what the equivalent of a 'director' in a USA company would be in an AUS company?

Thanks,
Harrow.

I would of thought the equivalent Australia title would be Ceo!

Okay, found this to answer my own question. Seems to be consistent with my earlier observation.

Director - a manager of managers within an organization who is often responsible for a major business function and who sometimes reports to a vice president. Often used with name of a functional area; finance director, director of finance, marketing director, and so on. Not to be confused with a member of the board of directors, who is also referred to as a director. This is a middle management and not an executive level position, unless it is in the banking industry. Alternatively, a manager of managers is often referred to as a "senior manager' or as an "associate vice president", depending upon levels of management, and industry type.

I guess what we would have called a Group or Branch Manager in my old company.

Harrow said..
Mast Bender, Magic Ride, maybe you can help?

Would be willing to help but I haven't a clew, oops, clue as to what a director is in Aus. you never explained that part.
A director of traffic? A movie director? A simple sign post? What?

Harrow
Where I work the family tree starts at corporate down to projects
Corp:
Chairman
ExecutiveManaging director
Exec General Manager
General manager
Managers
Project directors (I think the US director may fit here - pulling the strings of the puppets below)
Site based:
Manager
Superintendent
Supervisor
Then blue collar..those who actually do the work

Big 4 Accounting Firms. Goes like this.

Graduate (40 hours a week) 50k (All including super)
Analyst (50 hours a week) 56k
Experienced Analyst (60 hours a week) 63k
Senior (70 hours a week) 75k
Assistant Manager* (80 hours a week) 85k
Manager (80 hours a week) 90-100k
Senior Manager* (90 hours a week) ??
Director (90 hours a week) 150-200k
Partner (?? hours a week) 210-????
Equity Partner. (?? hours a week) Share of Partnership.

You don't really want to go much further than Experienced Analyst. Get you CA and get out.....

The bloke with a top of the range mercedes

BHP:

Chairman (of the board)
CEO
Presidents
VP's
General Managers
Managers
Superintendents
Supervisors
Floor

I've seen Director used when referring to a company owned by that person and not on the stock exchange.