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Annual report 2011 - VTB

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<strong>VTB</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Report <strong>2011</strong>5. Corporate governance802010 <strong>2011</strong>Number of meetings in presentia 5 7Number of meetings conducted by postal ballots 14 10drafting proposals for their improvement. The AuditCommittee is chaired by an independent member ofthe Supervisory Council.Regular consolidated financial <strong>report</strong>ing incompliance with International Financial ReportingStandards (IFRS);81Setting the agenda for the annual GeneralShareholders Meeting, preliminary approval of the<strong>Annual</strong> Report, determining the auditor’s fee andrecommendations on the level of dividends;Review and approval of quarterly <strong>report</strong>s byinspectors of the Bank’s professional activity in thesecurities market and specialised depositary;Review of activity <strong>report</strong>s and approval of the plans ofthe Bank’s Internal Control Department;Approval of interested party transactions;Election of members of the Supervisory Council;Approval of directorship positions for the Presidentand Chairman of the Management Board andmembers of the Management Board of <strong>VTB</strong> Bankwithin other organisations;Committees of the Supervisory CouncilThe Supervisory Council has three standingcommittees, which support the effectiveimplementation of the Council’s managerial andsupervisory functions and provide preliminarydetailed analysis and recommendations regardingthe issues that the Council deems most important.As at 31 December <strong>2011</strong>, these were:Audit CommitteeStaff and Remuneration CommitteeStrategy and Corporate Governance CommitteeThe Supervisory Council committees are notgoverning bodies of the Bank, and cannot act in thename of the Supervisory Council.Audit CommitteeThe Audit Committee performs an analysis andsupport function to ensure that the Bank’s internalcontrol system works adequately and effectively. TheCommittee’s exclusive remit includes the appraisal ofcandidates for <strong>VTB</strong> Bank’s external audit team, reviewof the audit <strong>report</strong>, assessment of the effectivenessof the Bank’s internal control procedures andAs of 31 December <strong>2011</strong>, the Audit Committeecomprised the following members:Matthias A. Warnig, Committee Chairman, independentmember of the Supervisory Council of <strong>VTB</strong> BankAlexei L. Savatyugin, Committee Member, member ofthe Supervisory Council of <strong>VTB</strong> BankAleksey V. Ulyukaev, Committee Member, member ofthe Supervisory Council of <strong>VTB</strong> BankDuring the <strong>report</strong>ing period, a total of three meetingsand nine postal ballots were organised by the AuditCommittee in which matters covering all priority areasof the Bank’s activity were considered. Considerablefocus was placed on improving internal controlprocedures within the Bank and <strong>VTB</strong> Group and ondeveloping the risk management system. The workof the Committee was based on the approved actionplan, in accordance with the established roles of theCommittee, as well as global good practice regardingthe work of audit committees.Within the area of internal control, the following topicswere addressed:Regular <strong>report</strong>s by <strong>VTB</strong> Group’s independentauditor on the results of the audit of <strong>VTB</strong> Group’sconsolidated IFRS <strong>report</strong>ing;The status and prospects for development andperformance of the investment and retail business of<strong>VTB</strong> Group;Strategic development and risk management ofindividual member companies of <strong>VTB</strong> Group.The Supervisory Council considered the followingmatters in <strong>2011</strong>:Supervisory Council memberNumber of meetings / postal ballots attended bySupervisory Council membersAlexei L. Kudrin (left office on 03.06.<strong>2011</strong>) 9Sergey K. Dubinin (elected on 03.06.<strong>2011</strong>) 8David Bonderman (elected on 03.06.<strong>2011</strong>) 8Matthias Warnig 15Grigory Y. Glazkov 16Arkady V. Dvorkovich (left office on 03.06.<strong>2011</strong>) 9Andrey L. Kostin 14Nikolay M. Kropachev 17Ivan V. Oskolkov (elected on 03.06.<strong>2011</strong>) 7Anna V. Popova (left office on 03.06.<strong>2011</strong>) 9Alexey L. Savatyugin 17Pavel M. Teplukhin 17Alexey V. Ulyukaev 17Muhadin A. Eskindarov 17Results of the tender for an external auditor;Plan and activity <strong>report</strong> of the Bank’s Internal ControlDepartment;Review of regular <strong>report</strong>s by the Bank’s internalcontrol units on significant violations, errors andshortcomings that had been detected at <strong>VTB</strong> Bankand its subsidiaries, and on measures taken toaddress those violations.The Committee looked into the following aspects ofthe Bank’s and <strong>VTB</strong> Group’s activity in the area offinancial oversight and risk management:Corporate governance and procedural matters (26%)Approval of transactions (32%)Review of <strong>report</strong>s, business planning (16%)Debt write-off (10%)Personnel-related matters (8%)Reorganisation of the branch network (5%)Development of <strong>VTB</strong> Group’s companies (3%)

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