生活英语|the busiest independent director 最忙独董

Four listed companies announced on Friday that their independent director Song Chang is under investigation^{1 by the China Securities Regulatory Commission for suspected insider trading and short-swing trading. Song is a professor at Renmin University of China, who has been called the busiest independent director by the media, because he has been an independent director of more than 10 listed companies in the past.}

1月22日，四家上市公司发布通知称，他们的独立董事宋常因涉嫌内幕买卖和短线买卖被证监会立案调查。宋常是中国人民大学的教授，曾因担任十多家上市企业的独立董事，被媒体称为最忙独董。

最忙独董（the busiest independent director）宋常因同时担任多家横跨多个行业及区域上市企业的独立董事，而被广泛质疑。董事分为实行董事（executive director）和独董（independent director），也称外部董事（outside director），是独立于公司股东且不在公司内部任职，与公司或公司营运管理者没要紧的业务联系或专业联系，并对公司事务作出独立判断的董事。