Straightforward officer eviscerated by commander who's in charge of the company (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
director general
'who's in charge of the company' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'straightforward officer eviscerated by commander' is the wordplay.
'straightforward' becomes 'direct' (straightforward can mean direct).
'eviscerated' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (the word is disembowelled of its inside letters).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'commander' becomes 'general' (I have seen 'Military commander' mean 'general' so perhaps 'commander' could also mean 'general').
'officer' with its middle removed is 'or'.
'direct'+'or'+'general'='DIRECTOR-GENERAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for director general that I've seen before include "Head of organisation" , "chief executive" .)