Appointments Committee
The Appointments Committee supports the Board of Directors in the appointment of the Directors and the outgoing Board’s presentation of the list of directorship candidates. It also performs advisory and consultation functions in the Board assessment process and the definition of succession plans for senior management positions
Chairman of the Commettee : Maurizio Costa
Composition:
Marie Bolloré
Alberto Lupoi
Elisabetta Magistretti
Renato Pagliaro
Composition
The Appointments Committee is comprised of five non-executive members, three of whom are independent pursuant to article 19 of the Articles of Association, including the Chairman.
Main duties
The Committee performs advisory and consultation functions for:
- the parent company’s annual Board assessment;
- identifying the Board’s optimal quali-quantitative composition and the subsequent check that the Board resulting from the appointment process effectively corresponds with the optimal composition identified;
- supporting the outgoing Board of Directors in the presentation of the list of directorship candidates;
- proposals of Directors to be co-opted in the event that individual directors leave office, and recommendations for the appointment of the Executive Committee, the CEO and, upon the CEO’s proposal, the General Manager;
- the succession plans for executive directors and key function holders (heads of the control functions and the group’s main business areas);
- governance issues.
The CEO and General Manager are invited to the meetings.
Meetings and activities
The Committee met nine times in the year ended 30 June 2019. The average rate of participation was 96%.
