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CSIR ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11
Governance Structure
The CSIR Board
The responsibilities of the Board are
governed by the Scientifi c Research
Council Act and the PFMA. The
Board approves the strategy, goals,
operating policies and priorities for the
organisation and monitors compliance
with policies and achievement against
objectives.
With the exception of the President and
CEO of the CSIR, all members of the
CSIR Board are non-executive. CSIR
Board members are actively involved
in and bring independent judgement
to bear on Board deliberations and
decisions. All non-executive Board
members have been assessed as
independent during the year under
review.
The CSIR Board, of which the current
number of members adheres to the
statutory minimum requirements, meets
quarterly. For the year under review,
the Board met on 29 June 2010,
16 September 2010, 16 November
2010 and 17 February 2011 .The
Annual Financial Statements for
the 2010/11 fi nancial year were
approved on 30 June 2011.
The CSIR Board has the following subcommittees:
the Human Resources and
Remuneration Committee; the Audit
and Risk Committee; and the Strategic
Review Committee (see pages 102 to
104). These committees are selected
according to the skills sets required for
the committees to fulfi l their functions.
For the 2010/11 year, the
committees complied with their
respective Terms of Reference.
The CSIR Board has adopted formal
Terms of Reference refl ected in the
Board charter, which are annexed
in the Shareholder’s Compact. For
the year under review, the Board has
assessed its performance and that of
its committees. There are no issues of
concern in this regard.
Schedule of attendance of the CSIR Board and CSIR Board Committee meetings (1 April 2010 - 31 March 2011)
Board member Board meetings (4) Audit and Risk
Committee (2)
Human Resources
and Remuneration
Committee (3)
Strategic Review
Committee (2)
Petersen 4 2
Behrens 4 1* 1
Benadè 3 1** 1•
Hall 2
Knott-Craig 4 3 2•
Sibanda 4 2 3 1•
Silinga 3 2
Thoka 3 3
Wingfi eld 4 2
Sibisi 4 2 a 2
* Replaced by Benadè
a
Attends in capacaty as President and CEO
** Appointed to the CSIR Board with effect 1 September 2010;
• Attendance as per invitation
Replaces Behrens on the Audit and Risk Committee
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