The phrase "activist director" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a director who is actively involved in social or political causes, often using their platform to advocate for change.
Example: "The film was directed by an activist director known for addressing environmental issues in his work."
Alternatives: "socially conscious director" or "advocacy filmmaker".
That they do was always the contention of Robert Bishop, the museum's activist director for 25 years until his death in 1991.
Carl C. Icahn, who joined the board of Yahoo last year after threatening a proxy fight, has stepped down, saying the company no longer needed an activist director.
The long-reigning activist director has not lost his power to confound; in a recent Carnegie Hall staging of György Kurtág's "Kafka Fragments," he induced Dawn Upshaw to apply a prop steam iron to her face.
The coalition's first ad was created by an admitted amateur, Mike Stark, the activist director of BlogPac who has made a reputation by confronting right-wing radio talk show hosts and Republican politicians, and taping those confrontations.
The fact that ISS created the white paper discussed in this post and highlighted the fact that activism erodes gender, racial, and ethnic diversity on boards suggests that ISS may consider the effect of activist director nominees on board diversity when making its voting recommendations.
ISS has been inclined to recommend in favor of at least one activist director candidate in a proxy contest for minority representation on the board of directors if the activist presents a credible case that change is warranted at the company.
Institutional shareholders would have to decide whether to oppose the less-diverse activist directors.
Directors who enter the board through settlements do not receive less voting support at the following annual general meeting than incumbent directors or those activist directors who get on the board without a settlement.
"Examples of important items to be aware of on are publications, like Larry Fink's letter to CEOs, reports, like Lazard's annual report highlighting the amount of activist directors on boards, and/or specialized analyses like, for example, Trian Partners' 90 page disclosure of what Proctor and Gamble needed to change," explains Lenkov.
Unlike activists, directors and executives cannot forego long-term thinking.
With far fewer tools at hand, the young activist-directors of the 1970s and 1980s went beyond dreaming of such a development: they managed to create it through small, committed networks of activists.
