As executives, governors are also important because many of them use the position as a platform to achieve higher office.
In the final years of his life Hervey achieved high office in the church.
This creates a significantly different campaign dynamic, which may unintentionally complicate the efforts of women to achieve higher office.
Despite this tradition of criticism, many government officials achieved political office through leadership positions in the teachers union.
Although well known by virtue of his family history, he never achieved high office.
He spent more than twenty years as an active politician, advancing ideas without achieving office of any kind.
As economic circumstances and social conditions change, the parties too must change if they are to retain the confidence of enough voters to achieve office.
"He is one of the most remarkable people ever to have achieved high office in Britain."
In the heart of the enemy, London, he achieve high office in military intelligence.