As part of the process,
the Board Nominating Committee reviewed written applications before settling on a short list of candidates for verbal interviews.
More about
the Board Nominating Committee's process can be found in this Briefing Memo from January 2017.
Impressions from both the written application and verbal interview rounds were discussed by
the Board Nominating Committee prior to settling on the final list of recommended candidates.
Before being placed on the list above, the candidates went through a months - long application process led by IBPA's
Board Nominating Committee.
Not exact matches
«Investors» calls for greater gender diversity appear to be nudging
nominating committees to find more women to serve on
boards at U.S. firms.»
Many
boards find it vital to reconsider the people who sit on their
nominating and governance
committees in order to facilitate director exits and find the best candidates.
Candidates may come to the attention of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee through stockholders, management, current members of the
board of directors, or search firms.
Our
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee regularly assesses the appropriate size and composition of the
Board of Directors, the needs of the
Board of Directors and the respective
committees of the
Board of Directors, and the qualifications of candidates in light of these needs.
Candidates may come to the attention of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee through stockholders, management, current members of the
Board of Directors, or search firms.
Accordingly, the
Board approved the following cash retainers for 2016: $ 35,000 for the Chair of the Audit
Committee; $ 30,000 for the Chair of the Compensation
Committee; and $ 25,000 for the Chair of the
Nominating Committee.
Our
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee regularly assesses the appropriate size and composition of the
board of directors, the needs of the
board of directors and the respective
committees of the
board of directors, and the qualifications of candidates in light of these needs.
In addition to current positions on the
boards of JBT Corporation and Valeo and as a member of the
Nominating Committee of Petroleum Geo - Services ASA, Ms. Devine previously served on the
boards of Det Norske Veritas, FMC Technologies, Inc., and Technip.
Each
committee consists solely of the directors who our Board has determined, upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, are independent under NY
committee consists solely of the directors who our
Board has determined, upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee, are independent under NY
Committee, are independent under NYSE rules.
Mr. Bryan reviews and approves the agenda, schedule and materials for each
Board and Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee meeting and executive sessions of the independent directors.
Our
Board has determined, upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee and in accordance with our Director Independence Policy, that all eight of our non-executive director nominees (Mr. Bryan, Mr. Dahlbäck, Mr. Friedman, Mr. George, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Juliber, Mr. Mittal and Mr. Schiro) and Mr. Scott are «independent» within the meaning of NYSE rules and our Director Independence Policy.
> Maintenance of
Board Committees including Audit, Compensation and
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committees, all comprised entirely of fully independent directors;
Our
Board, upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee, approves these awards.
Upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee, our
Board has
nominated the persons listed below to serve as directors for the one - year term beginning at our annual meeting on May 19, 2010 or until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed.
While our
Board does not anticipate that any of the director nominees will be unable to stand for election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee and designated by our
Board.
The
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee is responsible for, among other things, determining the criteria for membership to the
Board and recommending candidates for election to the
Board.
In addition, as part of our governance review and succession planning, the
Board (led by the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee) evaluates our leadership structure to ensure that it remains the optimal structure for Tesla, reviews the composition, size and performance of the
Board and its
committees, evaluates individual
Board members, and identifies and evaluates candidates for election or re-election to the
Board.
It is the policy of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee to consider recommendations for candidates to the
Board from stockholders.
In addition, the
Board has three standing
committees — the Audit
Committee, the Compensation
Committee, and the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, which are each further described below.
Our
Board, upon the recommendation of our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee, has a stock ownership policy that requires each independent director to beneficially own at least 5,000 shares of Common Stock or vested RSUs within two years of becoming a director; all of our independent directors are in compliance with this policy.
Mr. Bryan, as the Chair of our Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee, was designated as the Presiding Director by our independent directors, who constitute a majority of our
Board; our independent directors may elect another independent director as Presiding Director at any time.
Members of the
Committee shall be appointed by the
Board based on nominations submitted by the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee of the
Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the
Board and for such terms as the
Board may determine.
Joshua Bekenstein is a member of the
Board of Directors and a member of the Human Resources and Compensation
Committee and the
Nominating and Governance
Committee.
Tom served on the
board of directors of ACE Limited (renamed Chubb), a Zurich - based insurance company, where he was chair of the
nominating and governance
committees.
The CEIFB consists of a seven - member
Board, appointed by the Government, based on recommendations of an independent
nominating committee.
The Greater Vancouver
Board of Trade's Governance and
Nominating Committee is responsible for presenting nominees for election to the
Board of Directors.
The
Board shall have an Audit
Committee, a Compensation
Committee, and a
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee, which shall have the responsibilities described in their respective charters and shall each consist entirely of independent directors.
Committee members should be appointed annually by the
Board upon recommendation of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee with consideration of the desires of individual directors.
As such, we are exempt from certain corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, including (i) the requirement that a majority of the
board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that we have a
nominating and corporate governance
committee that is composed entirely of independent directors and (iii) the requirement that we have a compensation
committee that is composed entirely of independent directors.
The Lead Independent Director and our General Counsel then report the results of these interviews at meetings of the
nominating and corporate governance
committee and our
board of directors, where the results are discussed.
Members of the
Committee shall be appointed by the
Board based on nominations recommended by the
Nominating and Governance
Committee of the
Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the
Board and for such terms as the
Board may determine.
The
Board will annually designate a
Board member as the Company's Financial Expert upon the recommendation of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee with consideration of the desires of individual directors.
Under these rules, a company of which more than 50 % of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is a «controlled company» and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements of the, including (1) the requirement that a majority of the
board of directors consist of independent directors, (2) the requirement that we have a
nominating and corporate governance
committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the
committee's purpose and responsibilities and (3) the requirement that we have a compensation
committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the
committee's purpose and responsibilities.
The
Nominating & Governance
Committee considers and evaluates a director candidate recommended by a stockholder in the same manner as a nominee recommended by a
Board member, management, search firm or other sources.
Mr. Satchu is on the
Board of Directors of KGS - Alpha Capital Markets, the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Foundation where he is Chairman of the Governance and
Nominating Committee (having served as Vice-Chairman of the
Board from 2009 to 2011) and is a member of the Advisory
Board of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.
The
Nominating and Governance
Committee, in consultation with the Chairman, regularly assesses the appropriate size of the
Board and whether any vacancies on the
Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise.
As described above, the
Nominating and Governance
Committee considers properly submitted stockholder recommendations for candidates for the
Board to be included in HP's proxy statement.
On balance, one would suggest that the work of the Film Awards
Nominating Panel and the decisions of the
Board of Managers of the B.F.C. have moved the church in the direction of the purposes outlined by the Johnson
committee in 1963.
Until November 2012, he was Chairman of the
Board and a member of the Audit and
Nominating / Governance
Committees of Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., a California - based specialty coffee company; since then he is a Director and Chairman of its Audit and Valuation
Committees.
In furtherance of these goals, the
Board has also adopted a Code of Conduct («Code of Conduct»), Insider Trading Policy and written charters for each of the
Board's Audit, Compensation and Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committees.
The idea is to try to get
nominated for President of the U.S. Played on a
board, the game includes smoke - filled rooms, bandwagon sentiment and even a credentials
committee.
The tight - knit village of Glen Ellyn has two traditions in government: Members of the Village and Library
Boards serve only one four - year term; and those members are typically chosen by the Civic Betterment Party, a
nominating committee that since 1931 has met every other November to select candidates.
East Hampton Democrats held their
nominating convention for the 2011 elections on Monday evening, formalizing their screening
committee's picks for town supervisor, town
board, justice, trustee, and tax assessor and announcing for the first time their renomination of the incumbent highway superintendent, Scott King.
The Executive
Committee shall exercise all of the powers of the County
Committee when the County
Committee is not in session, including the power to
nominate the commissioner of the
board of elections, except that it may not amend these Rules and Regulations or fill vacancies in the County
Committee.
(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial
nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is filed with the
board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive
Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive
Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive
Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District
Committee if for a public office to be filled by the voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District
Committee for that purpose.
In addition to the officers elected, the
committee also
nominated Allison McGahay of North Elba to the Republican members of the Essex County
Board of Supervisors to again serve as the Republican Party commissioner on the Essex County
Board of Elections.