The Board of Directors’ duties and responsibilities include drawing up of the Board of Directors’ report, interim reports and financial statements, ensuring the proper organization and surveillance of the accounting and asset management, the preparation of proposals for the General Meeting and the convocation of the General Meetings, the approval and confirmation of strategic guidelines and the principles of risk management, the ratification of annual budgets and plans the appointment of a Chairman of the Board and a President & CEO, and decisions on the terms and conditions of their employment, decisions on the company’s corporate structure, decisions on major acquisitions and investments, and decisions on other matters falling under the Board’s responsibility by law. The Board of Directors has appointed two permanent committees consisting of its members: the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Compensation Committee.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of KONE Corporation is Antti Herlin. Jussi Herlin is the Vice Chair of the Board. The other members of the Board are Matti Alahuhta, Susan Duinhoven, Marika Fredriksson, Iiris Herlin, Timo Ihamuotila, Ravi Kant, and Krishna Mikkilineni.
Of the Board members, Matti Alahuhta, Susan Duinhoven, Marika Fredriksson, Iiris Herlin, Timo Ihamuotila, Ravi Kant, and Krishna Mikkilineni are independent of the Corporation. With the exception of Antti Herlin, Iiris Herlin and Jussi Herlin, the other Board members are independent of the Corporation’s significant shareholders.
