How to say "chairman" in Japanese

• 会長かいちょうCommon
  nounThe chairman or president at the head of a society, association, or similar organization — a standing title for the organization's leader, as in the chairman of a company or club.
  協会きょうかいは彼かれを会長かいちょうにした。↗

  The society made him president.
• 座長ざちょうCommon
  nounThe chairman of a particular meeting, session, or panel — the person presiding on a given occasion, as at a conference session or panel discussion.
• 議長ぎちょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe chair of a deliberative assembly — the presiding officer of a parliament, council, or committee; also the Speaker of a legislature.
  私わたしたちはウッド氏しを議長ぎちょうに任命にんめいした。↗

  We appointed Mr Wood chairman.
• チェアマンCommon
  nounA katakana loanword for chairman, used chiefly in business contexts, as for the chairman of a company or board.
• 司会者しかいしゃCommon
  nounReally the moderator or master of ceremonies who runs an event such as a show or ceremony; for 'chairman' as head of an organization or chair of a meeting, it is not the word.
  司会者しかいしゃから、一言ひとことお祝いわいのスピーチって言いわれて焦しょうちゃったよ。↗

  It made me nervous when I was asked by the host to offer some words of congratulation.

Choose 会長 for the head of a society or organization, 議長 for the chair of an assembly, 座長 for the chair of a meeting or panel, 「チェアマン」 as a business loanword, and 司会者 only for an event's moderator.

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• 会長かいちょうpresident (of a society)
• 座長ざちょうchairman
• 議長ぎちょうchair
• チェアマンchairman
• 司会者しかいしゃchairman
• 委員長いいんちょうchairperson (of a committee)
• 主宰者しゅさいしゃpresident
• 司会役しかいやくmoderator
• 司会しかいchairman
• 主席しゅせきchairman
• 主宰しゅさいpresident