Kingfisher Annual Report - FY10 - Kingfisher Airlines
Kingfisher Annual Report - FY10 - Kingfisher Airlines
Kingfisher Annual Report - FY10 - Kingfisher Airlines
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16<br />
1. Company’s Philosophy on Corporate Governance<br />
Your Company is committed to excellence in corporate<br />
governance practices and recognizes that good corporate<br />
governance is a continuous exercise. Your Company aims<br />
at achieving transparency, accountability, equity and<br />
ethics in all facets of its operations and in all interaction<br />
with its stakeholders. Your Company believes that all<br />
its operations and actions must result in enhancement<br />
of overall shareholder value over a sustained period of<br />
time without compromising in any way compliance with<br />
laws and regulations.<br />
2. Board of Directors<br />
During the financial year under review, until March 23,<br />
2010, your Company’s Board of Directors comprised of 11<br />
Directors out of which 1 is an Executive Director and 10 are<br />
Non-Executive Directors. However, consequent to the<br />
resignation of Capt. G. R. Gopinath and Capt. K. J. Samuel<br />
effective March 23, 2010, your Company’s Board of<br />
Corporate Gover nance<br />
Directors comprises 9 Directors out of which 1 is an<br />
Executive Director and 8 are Non-Executive Directors.<br />
The current constitution of the Board of Directors of your<br />
Company is as follows:<br />
• Dr. Vijay Mallya - Chairman & Managing Director<br />
designated “Chairman & CEO”<br />
• Mr. S. R. Gupte - Vice Chairman &<br />
Non – Executive Director<br />
• Mr. A. K. Ravi Nedungadi - Non – Executive Director<br />
• Mr. Vijay Amritraj - Non – Executive Independent Director<br />
• Mr. Anil Kumar Ganguly - Non – Executive Independent Director<br />
• Mr. Piyush Mankad - Non – Executive Independent Director<br />
• Dr. Naresh Trehan - Non – Executive Independent Director<br />
• Diwan Arun Nanda - Non – Executive Independent Director<br />
• Mr. Ghyanendra Nath Bajpai - Non – Executive Independent Director<br />
During the year under review, Seven Board Meetings were<br />
held i.e. on May 28, 2009, June 30, 2009, July 28, 2009,<br />
August 31, 2009, October 27, 2009, January 20, 2010 and<br />
March 23, 2010.<br />
Attendance of each Director at the Board Meetings and the last <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting during the year under review and<br />
details of number of outside Directorships and Committee position(s) held by each of your Directors as on date are given<br />
below:<br />
Sl.<br />
No.<br />
Name of the Director Category of Directorship No. of Board<br />
Meetings<br />
attended<br />
1. Dr. Vijay Mallya Managing Director designated<br />
Chairman & CEO<br />
2. Capt. G. R. Gopinath Vice Chairman and<br />
Non-Executive Director<br />
Non-Independent Director1 3. Capt. K. J. Samuel Non-Executive<br />
Non-Independent Director²<br />
4. Mr. A. K. Ravi Nedungadi Non-Executive<br />
Non-Independent Director<br />
5. Mr. Vijay Amritraj Non-Executive<br />
Independent Director<br />
6. Mr. Anil Kumar Ganguly Non-Executive<br />
Independent Director<br />
7. Mr. Piyush Mankad Non-Executive<br />
Independent Director<br />
8. Dr. Naresh Trehan Non-Executive<br />
Independent Director<br />
9. Diwan Arun Nanda Non-Executive<br />
Independent Director<br />
10. Mr. Ghyanendra Nath Bajpai Non-Executive<br />
Independent Director<br />
11. Mr. S. R. Gupte Vice-Chairman 3<br />
and Non-Executive<br />
Non-Independent Director<br />
Attendance at<br />
last AGM held<br />
on September,<br />
29, 2009<br />
# No. of Other<br />
Companies in<br />
which Director<br />
No. of Committees<br />
(other than your<br />
Company) in which<br />
Chairman/Member<br />
5 Yes 21 1<br />
(Chairman of 1)<br />
6 Yes N.A N.A.<br />
4 Yes N.A. N.A.<br />
5 Yes 9 4<br />
(Chairman of 1)<br />
1 Yes 3 6<br />
6 Yes 2 Nil<br />
2 No 12 9<br />
(Chairman of 2)<br />
1 No 11 2<br />
(Chairman of 1)<br />
4 Yes 11 3<br />
(Chairman of 2)<br />
4 No 18 9<br />
(Chairman of 4)<br />
6 Yes 11 6<br />
(Chairman of 4)