The phrase "a top member" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone who holds a high-ranking or prominent position within a group or organization.
Example: "As a top member of the committee, her opinions carry significant weight in decision-making."
Alternatives: "a leading member" or "a senior member."
That attack killed Raúl Reyes, a top member of the FARC's elusive seven-man secretariat.
The leader, Mallojula Koteswara Rao, was better known as Kishenji and was a top member of the leftist insurgency's politburo.
This is not the first such move by a former president or a top member of the Clinton administration.
A top member of Myanmar's junta has resigned his seat in Parliament less than three weeks after he was sworn in.
Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, editor of the reformist newspaper Arya, has also been arrested, as has Bahareh Hedayat, a top member of a reformist student organization.
Instead, he found a new mission, just as critical, he believes, as his former one as a top member of the country's judiciary.
The reports said the police in the Tokyo suburb of Sagamihara arrested Naoko Kikuchi, 40, a former top member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
The most troubling category is the one for prisoners — like Abu Zubaydah, an alleged top member of Al Qaeda — who seem to be highly dangerous terrorists but were tortured.
Media reports say the defection fee is a change from Visa's initial policy, which said it would impose a hefty fee on top member banks if they went with any rival, including American Express or Morgan Stanley 's Discover card.
Earlier this week, half a dozen top members of intelligence agencies, including the FBI, CIA and NSA reaffirmed surveillance concerns about the company and fellow Chinese smartphone maker ZTE.
Other stooges in the Paradise Papers include a Russian parliament member from the Communist Party; a university classmate of Putin's; and the wife of a top cabinet member, among others.
