Corporate Governance
Board Members
Promoting Diversity within Governing Bodies
Corticeira Amorimis the holding company of an economic group with its headquarters in Portugal. The group is solidly implanted internationally through subsidiary, part-owned and joint-venture companies. The group is continuously developing a wide range of products and solutions to meet the demands of different markets and consumers.
In response to the challenges the group faces, Corticeira Amorim advocates a diversity policy for the composition of its governance bodies, especially in regard to the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board, in order to:
- Promote diversity in the composition of the respective body;
- Enhance the performance of each body and each individual member of those bodies;
- Encourage wide-ranging, balanced and innovative analyses with a view to facilitating well-founded and agile decision-making and control processes; and
- Contribute to increased innovation and to the self-renewal of the Company, together with its sustained development and the creation of long-term value for its shareholders and other stakeholders.
Corticeira Amorim recognises the permanent necessity for promoting diversity within its governing bodies, especially within the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board, in regard to the following specific factors:
- Academic qualifications and professional experience appropriate to the specific corporate role concerned, and which bring together, across the whole of each governing body, the necessary skills for that body to fulfil its role effectively;
- The inclusion of members from different age ranges, combining the knowledge and experience of older members with the innovation and creativity of younger members to enable the respective body to combine an innovative approach to business with the prudent management of risk; and
- Promoting gender diversity to provide a satisfactory balance of sensibilities and decision-making styles within each governing body.
The independent members of Corticeira Amorim's corporate boards and commissions shall meet the criteria set out in (i) recommendation III.4 of the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2018 edition, revised in 2020) and ( ii) no. 5 of article 414 and no. 1 of article 414-A, both from the Portuguese Companies Code.
Composition of Board Members
General Meeting’s Board
Board of Directors
- Chairman: António Rios Amorim
- Vice-Chairman: Nuno Filipe Vilela Barroca de Oliveira
- Member: Fernando José de Araújo dos Santos Almeida
- Member: Luisa Alexandra Ramos Amorim
- Member: Cristina Rios de Amorim
- Member: Juan Ginesta Viñas
- Member: José Pereira Alves (Independent Lead Director)
- Member: Marta Parreira Coelho Pinto Ribeiro (Independent)
- Member: Maria Cristina Galhardo Vilão (Independent)
- Member: António Lopes Seabra (Independent)
In 2020 there were thirteen meetings of the Board of Directors.
Executive Committee
- Chairman: António Rios Amorim
- Member: Nuno Filipe Vilela Barroca de Oliveira
- Member: Fernando José de Araújo dos Santos Almeida
- Member: Cristina Rios de Amorim
In 2020 there were fifteen meetings of the Executive Committee.
Audit Committee
- Chairman: José Pereira Alves (Independent)
- Member: Marta Parreira Coelho Pinto Ribeiro (Independent)
- Member: Maria Cristina Galhardo Vilão (Independent)
- Member: António Lopes Seabra (Independent)
In 2020 the supervision was attributed to the Supervisory Board, and there were seven meetings during the year.