General director or...?
There is an Italian document signed by "Direttore Generale Reggente", where "direttore generale" is for "general director" and "reggente" means "ruling". Is there any official expression in English to indicate "ruling general director"?
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Acting General Director.
"Reggente" here does not mean "ruling", but corresponds to the English word "regent", which in monarchies refers to a person who is temporarily filling the position, whether
• after the death of the monarch and before a successor has been installed
• while the monarch is ill, incapable, or otherwise incapacitated
• while the monarch is a minor (legally a child)
The modifier "acting" is the usual one in English for a person who is similarly holding an office temporarily while it is vacant or while the regular officeholder is incapacitated or unavailable. Sometimes "pro tempore" (Latin for "for the time being") is used. For example, the duties of the Vice President of the United States including presiding over the Senate, but the V.P. is not always available to do that, so the Senate chooses a President pro tempore, often shortened to "President pro tem". (This title preserves the original meaning of "president" = "presiding official".)