The board of directors Of General recommends that the number of directors of the next board “be defined in a number not exceeding 15 members“and with a clear majority of independents. This is what is indicated by the board of directors of the insurance company in the guidance opinion to shareholders on the size and composition of the board of directors for the three-year period 2022-24, published in view of the shareholders’ meeting of 29 April called to renew the board.
The board of the insurance company also recommends “abalanced combination of personal and professional profilesskills, experiences, age and diversity profiles “, with components that have” independence of thought, the ability to work collectively, the ability to interact with management and, in general, dialogue, balance in search for consensus and this also in order to manage any conflicts in a balanced and constructive way “. Among the competences for the board members, who should have a international profilethe board advises the opening of candidates totechnological innovation and digitalization in the insurance and financial world and skills in the field Esgenvironmental, social and governance.
L’CEO should have a “consolidated professional competence in the business sectors in which the Generali group operates, gained, preferably as CEO, in comparable international groups to Generali in terms of size, geographical presence and complexity “and a” recognized leadership in the management of the internal organization of comparable groups and on the Italian and international market “. President of the board of directors, on the other hand, should possess “leadership and balance to ensure the proper functioning of the board, favoring internal dialogue, relying on the ability to listen, mediate, synthesize and communicate and on the independence of thought that accredits it to the board in a super partes role “.
Finally, the board underlines that, “without prejudice to the shareholders’ right to express different assessments“from those of the board,” it will be appropriate, in the interest of all other shareholders, that any differences with respect to the analysis carried out by the latter are clarified and justified“.
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