Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board comprises at least five members. Its current composition can be found in Supervisory Board and Managing Board Royal DSM. Supervisory Board members are appointed for a period of four years, after which they may be reappointed for a further four years. A Supervisory Board member may subsequently be reappointed for a period of two years, and this appointment may be extended by at most two years. For reappointments after an eight-year period, reasons must be provided in the report of the Supervisory Board.

All current members of the Supervisory Board are independent in accordance with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code. The remuneration of Supervisory Board members is determined by the General Meeting of Shareholders. The functioning of and decision-making within the Supervisory Board are governed by the Regulations of the Supervisory Board, which are in accordance with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code and can be found on the company website.

The Supervisory Board supervises the policy pursued by the Managing Board, the Managing Board’s performance of its managerial duties, and the company’s general course of affairs, taking the interests of all the company’s stakeholders into account. When the Executive Committee was established, the Supervisory Board also took on responsibility for ensuring that the checks and balances that are part of the two-tier system are still given due consideration, paying specific attention to the dynamics between Managing Board and Executive Committee. The Supervisory Board is enabled to do so through the information provided by the Managing Board.

The annual financial statements are approved by the Supervisory Board and then submitted to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) for adoption, accompanied by an explanation from the Supervisory Board as to how it carried out its supervisory duties during the year under review.

In line with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, the Supervisory Board has established from among its members an Audit Committee, a Nomination Committee and a Remuneration Committee, besides which there is also a Sustainability Committee.

The task of these committees is to prepare the decision-making of the Supervisory Board. These committees are governed by charters drawn up in line with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code. They can be found on the company website.