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Board Committees
Board Committees
The Board has four specific sub Committees, which meet regularly under terms of reference set by the Board.Each of the Committees has authority to take external advice as required.

The Audit Committee (AC);
The Senior Officers Remuneration and Selection Committee (SORSC);
The Risk Management Steering Committee (RMSC);
The Corporate Governance Committee (CGC);

Audit Committee (AC)

Members:

Raj Ringadoo -Chairperson
Dheerendra K Dabee, G.O.S.K., S.C
Kremchand Beegoo
Ramapatee Gujadhur - C.S.K
Gerard Espitalier-Noël C.S.K, C.O.N.M.
Philippe Espitalier-Noël

Secretary - Fooad Nooraully

In attendance:

Vijay Seetul
Andries Nathaniel Viljoen
Dindoyal Sookun
Ernst & Young

All members of the Audit Committee are nonexecutive directors. The Board considers that each member brings broad experience and professional knowledge of financial reporting to the Committee’s deliberations. The Committee main responsibilities include:

To oversee the financial reporting process to ensure the balance, transparency and integrity of published financial information;
To review the effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial control and risk management system;
To review the effectiveness of the internal audit function;
To review the effectiveness of the independent audit process including recommending the appointment and assessing the performance of the external auditor;
To review the Company's process for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations affecting financial reporting, its Code of Business Practice and Ethics and its Fraud Prevention Policy;
To review the appropriateness of the Group's accounting policies and considers changes to them;and
To review the significant accounting judgments and monitor the integrity of the annual and interim financial statements. Ultimate responsibility for the approval of the annual and interim financial statements rests with the Board.

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Senior Officers Remuneration and Selection Committee (SORSC)

Members:

Andries Nathaniel Viljoen
Philippe Espitalier-Noël
Aisha Timol, G.O.S.K.
Kremchand Beegoo
Gerard Espitalier- Noël, C.S.K, C.O.N.M.
Dheerendra K Dabee, G.O.S.K., S.C.

Secretary - Fooad Nooraully

The Committee is responsible for approving all the policies governing the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers and senior management. The Committee also assists the Board in the recruitment, evaluation, selection and approval of contracts of candidates for senior management positions and ensuring levels of remuneration are appropriate. In this current year, many items intended for this committee were handled directly at Board Committees which met more frequently than usual.

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Risk Management Steering Committee (RMSC)

Members:

Andries Nathaniel Viljoen
François Woo Shing Hai, G.O.S.K.
Aisha Timol, G.O.S.K.

Secretary - Fooad Nooraully

In attendance:

Dindoyal Sookun, Jean Laval Ah Chip

The Committee's terms of reference include:

Ensuring there is a system of risk assessment across the Company on an on-going basis;
Reviewing the effectiveness of the Company's risk management system including risk assessment reports;
Assisting the Board to understand the total risks facing the Group and the Company;
Approving risk mitigation actions for specific items of risk and identifying areas for system improvements and monitoring;
Reviewing actions taken for specific critical transactions in accordance with the risk map for both financial and non financial risks on a continuing basis;
Setting and approving changes to financial approval limits for hedge and treasury transactions;
Setting and approving risk parameters for the Company's budget each year.

Corporate Governance Committee (CGC)

The role of the Corporate Governance Committee is to ensure that Board structures as well as reporting requirements on corporate governance, whether in the Annual Report or on an ongoing basis are in accordance with the principles of good governance and the Code.


Members:

Andries Nathaniel Viljoen
Dheerendra Kumar Dabee-SC (co-opted Director)
Ramapatee Gujadhur C.S.K
Kremchand Beegoo
François Woo Shing Hai, G.O.S.K.
Raj Ringadoo

Secretary - Fooad Nooraully