WHO IS A DIRECTOR?
Section 2(13) of the Companies Act defines a director as follows:
A director includes any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called. The important factor to determine whether a person is or is not a director is to refer to the nature of the office and its duties. It does not matter by what name he is called. If he performs the functions of a director, he would be termed as a director in the eyes of the law, even though he may be named differently.
A director may, therefore, be defined as a person having control over the direction, conduct, management or superintendence of the affairs of a company. Again, any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions, the board of directors of a company ...
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