a person, or entity, who has effective control over the company's board (i
a person who while not being listed or formally appointed as a director of a company actually acts in that capacity and is accepted as acting in that capacity by others
a person who, without formal appointment, gives instructions concerning the management of a company
A person who is not formally appointed as a director, but in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a company are accustomed to act. However, a person is not a shadow director merely because the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity.
A person, although not registered as a director at Companies House, on whose instructions the directors of a company are accustomed to acting.
A person who, without being formally appointed, gives instructions on which the directors of a company are accustomed to act.
Under section 741 of the Companies Act 1985, a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act. He must do more than act in a professional capacity.
