Board Performance Evaluation
Board of Directors
Policy
To ensure individual directors and the Board as a whole work efficiently and effectively in achieving their functions.
Procedure
Each year the Board undertakes the following activities:
- the Chairman meets with each non-executive director separately to discuss individual performance and ideas for improvement; and
- the Board as a whole discusses and analyses its own performance during the year including suggestions for change or improvement.
Board Committees
Policy
To ensure the committees to which the Board has delegated responsibilities are performing efficiently and effectively in accordance with the duties and responsibilities set out in their charters.
Procedure
- The Board reviews the committees’ achievements during the year based on their duties.
- The Board reviews the charters of the Committees once a year to ensure that they are up to date.
Chief Executive Officer and Key Executives
Policy
To ensure the Chief Executive Officer and key executives execute the company’s strategy through the efficient and effective implementation of the business objectives.
Procedure
- Each year the Board reviews the company’s strategy.
- Following such a review, the Board sets the organisation performance objectives based on both qualitative and quantitative measures.
- These objectives are reviewed periodically to ensure they remain consistent with the company’s priorities and the changing nature of the company’s business.
- These objectives are the performance targets for the Chief Executive Officer.
- Performance against these objectives is reviewed annually by the Board and is reflected in the Chief Executive Officer’s remuneration review.
