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Three committees have been set up within the Board of Directors, i.e. a Nomination and Remuneration Committee, a Risk and Capital Committee and an Audit Committee. The sole function of these committees is to advise the Board of Directors, which remains the only body with decision-making powers. The role and responsibilities of each committee, together with its structure and organisation, are specified individually in the Fortis Governance Statement.

Nomination & Remuneration Committee

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee advises the Board of Directors on the appointment and reappointment of members of the Board and executive management, on remuneration policy and the remuneration of members of the Board and the executive management, and on Fortis’s employee and management stock and option plans.

Risk & Capital Committee

The Risk and Capital Committee assists the Board of
Directors in three ways:

  1. In understanding Fortis’s exposure to risks inherent to
    banking and insurance activities;
  2. In overseeing the proper management of these risks;
  3. In ensuring the adequacy of Fortis’s capital relative to
    these risks and to those inherent in its overall operations.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee helps the Board of Directors fulfil its supervision and monitoring duties in the area of internal control in the broadest sense within Fortis. That includes internal control over financial reporting.

Attendance at director's meetings


  Board of Directors Nomination and Remuneration Committee Audit Committee Risk and Capital Committee
  Total Regular meetings Additional meetings     Total Regular meetings Additional meetings
Maurice Lippens 21/21 8/8 13/13 6/6        
Jan-Michiel Hessels 16/21 7/8 9/13 1/1   8/8 4/4 4/4
Jean-Paul Votron 21/21 8/8 13/13          
Herman Verwilst
(as from 23 May)
8/9 4/4 4/5          
Philippe Bodson 16/21 7/8 9/13   4/4 1/1   1/1
Richard Delbridge 17/21 8/8 9/13   5/5      
Clara Furse 14/21 5/8 9/13     8/9 3/4 5/5
Reiner Hagemann 18/21 8/8 10/13   5/5      
Jacques Manardo 17/21 7/8 10/13 5/6        
Aloïs Michielsen 19/21 8/8 11/13     8/9 4/4 4/5
Ronald Sandler 13/21 8/8 5/13   5/5      
Jan Slechte
(until 23 May)
12/12 4/4 8/8 3/3        
Rana Talwar 15/21 6/8 9/13 5/6        
Piet Van Waeyenberge 18/21 7/8 11/13     9/9 4/4 5/5
Klaas Westdijk 18/21 8/8 10/13   5/5      

More on the issues dealt with in 2007 in the Fortis Annual Review 2007

  More information on the Fortis Board Committees in the “Fortis Governance Statement”;
by topic:
standing rules applicable to all Committees
terms of reference of the NRC
terms of reference of the RCC
terms of reference of the AC
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