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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)

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