{{REVIEWEDPLS | reviewer = [[People's Law SchoolHelen Low|Helen Low, QC]] |date= January 2016}}{{Being an Executor TOC}}[[File:beinganexecutor-contents1.png|thumb|275px|right| link=| <span style="font-size:50%;">Image via www.flickr.com</span>]]An '''executor''' is the person named in a [[Writing Your Will|'''will''']] to carry out the instructions contained in the will.