ECGI - AGM 2023

ECGI Annual General Meeting

Friday, 22 September 2023

09:00 CEST | Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen Business School, The Kiln Hall/Ovnhallen
Porcelænshaven 20, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Registration (in-person only): https://ecgi2023annualconference.eventbrite.com/ 


 

AGENDA

 

  1. Welcome and Introduction by the Chair of the Board
  2. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Assembly (AGM) of Friday 16 September 2022

To seek approval of the minutes of the Annual General Assembly Meeting of Friday 16 September 2022

  1. Report on the Activities of the ECGI in 2022

To seek approval of the 2022 Annual Report and verbal report by the Chair of the Board

  1. Presentation and Approval of Accounts for 2022

To seek approval of the Annual Accounts for 2022

  1. Discharge of Auditor

To seek general discharge of the auditor regarding the execution of his function during 2022

  1. Discharge of Directors

To seek general discharge of the directors regarding the execution of their functions during 2022

  1. Director Appointments

To seek the approval of the appointment of the following directors for a period of three years (until the AGM in 2026):

(Executive Director) Marco Becht, Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance at the Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management at Université libre de Bruxelles.

Herman Daems, Honorary Chair of BNP Paribas Fortis, Emeritus professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management of K.U. Leuven and former Chair of the Board of Governors at KU Leuven.

Yupana Wiwatanakantang, Associate Professor of Finance, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore.

Guy Jubb, Chartered Accountant and former Global Head of Governance & Stewardship at Standard Life Investments.

  1. Executive Director’s Report on Future Priorities
  2. Presentation and Approval of the 2024 Budget

To seek approval of the 2024 Budget

  1. Approval of Proposed Membership Fees for 2024

To seek approval of the membership fees. It is not proposed to increase the membership fees at this time:

Institutional Members EUR 2,750 [+ VAT]

Practitioner Members EUR 250 [+ VAT]

Academic Institutional Members EUR 2,000 [+ VAT]

Academic Members EUR 100 [+ VAT]

Research Members EUR 0

Patron Members EUR 0

  1. Appointment of Auditor

To seek approval to appoint the auditor Be Audit SRL - Reviseurs d’Entreprises, represented by Ghislain Dochen, Réviseur d’entreprises whose offices are located in Belgium, Boulevard du Souverain 24 – 1170 BRUXELLES. The mandate of statutory auditor relates to the financial years ending 31 December 2024, 2025 and 2026 and the audit fees are fixed at a yearly amount of EUR 2,800 plus VAT and IRE fees excluded.

  1. Powers to be conferred for the implementation of the resolutions adopted

It is proposed to grant a proxy to Eline Souffriau, as well as to any other attorney at the firm White & Case LLP, rue de la Loi 62, 1040 Brussels, each with the power to act alone and power of substitution in order to complete all necessary or useful formalities with the registry of the competent commercial court and, more precisely, to publish an extract of these decisions in the Annexes to the Moniteur Belge and complete, sign and file Forms I and II thereon.

  1. Other Business – Matters Arising

 

Documents:
 
2022 AGM Agenda (with explanatory notes)
2022 AGM Minutes (English)
2022 AGM Minutes (French)
2022 Annual Report
2022 ECGI Accounts
2022 Auditor’s Report (English)
2022 Auditor’s Report (French)
2024 Budget

Useful links:

ECGI Statutes (2020)
ECGI Board
Member survey

Queries: elaine.mcpartlan@ecgi.org

 

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