Pioneer Foods

Board Committees

Directorate

   Human Capital Committee  Audit and Risk Committee  Nomination Committee 
Chairman  Dr MI Survé
Independent non-executive 
AH Sangqu
Independent non-executive 
JF Mouton
non-executive 
Composition  Non-executive directors
Non-executive directors
Non-executive directors
Frequency of meetings  Met four times this year  Met four times this year  Met three times this year 
Board approved charter  Yes  Yes  Yes 
Primary responsibilities 
  • Maintain and approve the HR Policy (or HR Policies)
  • Executive management succession planning
  • Monitor the implementation of relevant labour legislation
  • Monitor and enable transformation and sustainability
  • Remuneration of directors and executive management
  • Evaluation and approval of a remuneration philosophy, strategy and policy
 
  • Appointment of auditors for the annual financial audit
  • Ensures that appropriate internal control procedures are in place and applied
  • Ensures that risk management procedures are adequate
  • Ensures that appropriate standards of reporting and compliance are maintained
  • Relevant legislation is adhered to
  • The audit function operates effectively and is totally independent
 
  • Evaluate proposals for all non-executive appointments
  • Proposals for the appointment of the company secretary
  • Performance evaluation of the board
  • Performance evaluation of the chairman
  • Succession planning of the chairman
 
Invitees 
  • Meetings are attended by relevant members of management
 
  • Meetings are also attended by internal and external auditors and relevant members of management
 
  
Access    
  • All auditors have unlimited access to the audit and risk committee, thereby ensuring independence is not compromised in any way
  • A fixed agenda item is a closed session discussion without management
 
  
           

Committee membership
Human Capital Committee: Dr MI Surve (Chairman), GD Eksteen, ZL Combi and MM du Toit (all non-executive) 

Audit and Risk Committee: AH Sangqu (Chairman), NS Mjoli-Mncube and ASM Karaan (all non-executive)

Nomination Committee: JF Mouton (Chairman), GD Eksteen, NS Mjoli-Mncube (all non-executive)

Board attendance for the financial year ending 30 September 2010.

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