The phrase "a foreign executive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an executive or high-ranking official from another country.
Example: "The company hired a foreign executive to help expand its operations in international markets."
Alternatives: "an overseas executive" or "a non-native executive."
The bosses of government agencies seem unable to take decisions, says a foreign executive.
The court reduced his sentence to 10 years in prison, but it was still unusually long for a foreign executive.
Lenovo's decision to hire Mr. Amelio was considered by many analysts part of a bold experiment in having a foreign executive run one of China's best-known companies.
In a U.S. Embassy communication released by WikiLeaks, a foreign executive recalled a trip to Khan's hunting lodge, which he described as "like a Four Seasons hotel in the middle of nowhere".
And so the fact that this company was on the brink of bankruptcy and that the only way out they could see was to sell a large stake to a foreign company and then to have a foreign executive come in and basically take over leadership is a sign of desperation, but also highly unusual.
The four people were a Chinese government official, a Chinese-American business executive who often meets senior politicians in Beijing, a foreign executive who has met Mr. Wang, and a former United States government official who has met him several times, including last year.
An article in FACTA underlined the sceptics' views, saying "The fact that the company picked a bottom-ranking foreign executive director with virtually no significant responsibilities from amongst a total pool of 25 potential candidates, including the vice-president who was responsible for medical instruments ... set tongues a-wagging".
It is unusual for a high-ranking foreign executive to be prosecuted in China, but the law mandates a maximum sentence of as many as three years for organizing gambling sessions or trying to profit from the business.
A foreign exchange executive in New York was somewhat more direct.
From there he rose to president and CEO of Kraft Foods in 1995 and then SVP and CFO of Philip Morris before assuming the CEO role. Louis C. Camilleri talks about his experience as a foreign senior executive.
