company doctor meaning

  "company doctor" in a sentence
noun
1. An adviser, consultant or businessman who turns unprofitable or inefficient companies into profitable or efficient businesses (informal)
2. A medical practitioner who works for a company and oversees the health of the staff

[Business]
noun [C]

1

a specialist who is employed to manage a company during a period of financial difficulty:

As Britain's top company doctor he is brought in to rescue failing firms.

2 (HR )

a medical doctor employed by a company to look after its employees


[Economics]
An executive or accountant with wide commercial experience, who specializes in analysing and rectifying the problems of ailing companies. He or she may either act as a consultant or may be given executive powers to implement the policies recommended.

[Finance]
An executive, usually appointed from outside, brought in to turn a company around and make it profitable.

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  1. companies ( amendment ) bill 2000 makes it difficult to find " company doctors ", eric li said
  2. Officials of Company Doctor weren't immediately available to comment.
  3. There are opinions that a company doctor is a good thing.
  4. But it persisted, and so I went to the company doctor.
  5. Its own company doctor made the discovery testing waste water on cats.

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