United Kingdom
In the UK, director-general is the professional head of an executive agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. For example the chief executive of the British Broadcasting Corporation is called the director-general. The head of the UKs internal security service MI5 is also a director-general, who operates at permanent Secretary (Grade 1) level. (See British Civil Service#Grading schemes for details.)
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