O.C.G.A. § 53-12-506 (2019)

defenses available to trust directors; personal jurisdiction; term ‘‘trustee’’ includes trust director where required or permitted.

(a) An individual shall be eligible to serve as a trust director regardless of citizenship and residency. If the trust director is a corporation, partnership, or other entity, it shall be required to have the power to act as a trustee in Georgia.

(b) The rules applicable to a trustee apply to a trust director regarding:

(1) Jurisdiction under Code Section 53-12-6;

(2) Appointment and acceptance, compensation, and resignation and removal of trustees under Article 11 of this chapter;

(3) Accounting under Article 12 of this chapter; and

(4) Nonresidents and foreign entities acting as trustees under Article 15 of this chapter.

(c) In an action against a trust director for breach of trust, the trust director may assert the same defenses a trustee in a like position and under similar circumstances could assert in an action for breach of trust against the trustee.

(d) By accepting appointment as a trust director of a trust subject to this article, a trust director submits to personal jurisdiction of the courts of this state regarding any matter related to a power or duty of a trust director. This subsection shall not preclude use of another method to obtain jurisdiction over a trust director.

(e) As used in this Code, where the context requires or permits, the term ‘‘trustee’’ includes a trust director.