How to become a company director

Official title: Company director

Also called: Chairman (company), Member of a company's board of director, Ÿ Chairman (company), Ÿ Member of a company’s board of director

Company director participates as a member of one or more boards of directors in formulating policies governing the operations of a company or companies. The board and its members are responsible to the proprietors or shareholders for ensuring that policies formulated are implemented and progressively amended in the light of changing circumstances.

Main tasks

• Planning, directing and coordinating the general functioning of an enterprise or organisation
• Determining objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for the enterprise or organisation
• Providing overall leadership and management to the enterprise or organisation
• Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
• Authorising material, human and financial resources to implement organisational policies and programmes
• Monitoring and evaluating performance of the organisation or enterprise against established objectives and policies
• Consulting with senior subordinate staff and reviewing recommendations and reports
• Representing the organisation at official occasions and board meetings, in negotiations, at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $132,000 a year. The middle half earn $62,400 to $199,224 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Managing director/Chief executive officer
• Chief operating officer/General manager

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Questions people ask

How much does a company director earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $132,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $62,400 to $199,224.

Will AI change the work of a company director?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026