AFIC - Australian Foundation Investment Company
 

Other Committees

Audit Committee

An Audit Committee comprised of three Directors FD Ryan (Chairman), DR Argus and SDM Wallis, meets periodically to review the Company’s accounting policies; the content of financial statements; issues relating to the controls applied to the Company’s activities; the content, effectiveness and independence of the external audit; risk management issues; compliance issues and other related matters. Meetings of the Audit Committee are attended by a partner from the Company’s auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Managing Director, R.E. Barker and the Chief Financial Officer, A.J.B. Porter by invitation (on a non-voting basis).
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Remuneration Committee

The Remuneration Committee advises the Board on remuneration and related issues. In particular it reviews the level of Director fees, it also reviews the Managing Director’s remuneration package and the remuneration policy guidelines for other senior executives. The Committee also evaluates the performance of the Managing Director and senior executives and recommends to the Board the level of any short and long term performance based compensation.

Members of the Remuneration Committee are DR Argus (Chairman), BB Teele, SDM Wallis, J Paterson and CM Walter.
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Nomination Committee

The Nomination committee considers matters relating to the orderly renewal of the Board, Board performance and how to attract and retain Directors of high calibre with the appropriate experience and skill to contribute successfully to the oversight of the Company.

Consideration of potential Directors to fill vacancies is also undertaken by the Board Nomination Committee. Matters considered by the Committee include the ability of the proposed Director to contribute towards achievement of the Company’s goals, breadth of business experience and knowledge of the Australian investment scene.

The nomination committee comprises four members of the Board with SDM Wallis as the Chariman and includes F.D. Ryan, J Paterson and B.B. Teele.
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