GHL System Berhad Annual Report 2018

a n n u a l r e p o r t 2 0 1 8 33 PRINCIPLE A: BOARD LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVENESS (cont’d) II. BOARD COMPOSITION (cont’d) 2.5 Time Commitment (cont’d) During the financial year ended 31 December 2018, six (6) Board meetings were convened and the attendance of the individual Directors at the Board meetings are as follows:- Name of Directors Designation Attendance Datuk Kamaruddin Bin Taib Independent Non-Executive Chairman 6/6 Loh Wee Hian Executive Vice Chairman 6/6 Dato’ Chan Choy Lin (appointed wef. 25 June 2018) Independent Non-Executive Director 2/2 Fong Seow Kee (resigned wef. 31 July 2018) Senior Independent Non-Executive Director 4/4 Ali Zaynalabidin Haeri Mazanderani Non-Independent Non-Executive Director 4/6 Hossameldin Abdelhamid Mohamed Aboumoussa Non-Independent Non-Executive Director 6/6 Matteo Stefanel (appointed wef. 22 November 2018) Non-Independent Non-Executive Director 1/1 2.6 Directors’ Training The Directors are mindful that they are to devote sufficient time and effort to carry out their responsibilities and to maintain their competency as a member of the Board. The Board encourages and supports the Directors to continuously develop and refresh their knowledge and skills, and to update themselves on developments in the financial and business landscape both domestically and internationally. The Board, via the NRC on a continuous basis, evaluates and determines the training needs of its members, and ensure that their training needs are met to aid the Directors in discharging their duties as a Director of the Company. CORPORAT E GOVERNANCE OVERV I EW STAT EMENT C O N T ’ D