MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
GENERAL MEETING The general meeting of BDO AS functions according to the Norwegian Limited Liability Companies Act and the company’s articles of association and shareholder agreement, and it elects the Board of Directors of BDO AS. The board of directors of the limited partnership ”BDO Indre selskap” will consist of the same members who are elected at any time as the chair and members of the Board of Directors of BDO AS. The company board of directors is responsible for BDO’s operations.
Nomination committee The nomination committee is elected by the general meeting of BDO AS and will propose members for the board of directors. The nomination committee will consist of three members and one deputy member. The composition of the nomination committee will reflect the varying sizes of the departments. No profit centre may have more than one member on the nomination committee.
Board of directors The representation on the board of directors will be distributed with respect to both the size and geographic location of the individual departments. A profit centre should not have more than one representative on the board of directors. The board of directors must at all times encompass a combined expertise that serves the partners. Employees are entitled to representation on the board of directors pursuant to Section 6-4 of the Norwegian Limited Liability Companies Act.
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TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2020
The board of directors consists of 10 members, of which 3 represent the employees. The members of the board of directors are elected for a period of up to 2 years. The chair of the board of directors is elected by the general meeting. The board of directors itself elects the deputy chair. The articles of association for BDO AS also state that the board of directors must have a composition that meets the prevailing requirements of the Norwegian Auditors Act. Among other things, this means that the majority of both the members and the deputy members of the board of directors are state authorised public accountants. The Board of Directors consists of the following participants: • Board of Directors Chair Ingjer Ofstad, Partner, BDO Advokater • Deputy Chair Henrik Dagestad, Partner, BDO Advokater • Anne Merete Vorpenes, Partner, Business Service • Arne Inge Almklov, Partner, Audit and Assurance • Kåre Rødssæteren, Partner, Audit and Assurance • Cathrine Sæther Karlsen, Partner, Audit and Assurance • Yngve Gjethammer, Partner, Audit and Assurance Employee representatives: • Svein Zwygart, Manager, Business Service • Terje Eggum Adolfsen, Senior Manager, Audit and Assurance • Håvard Tysdal, Senior Manager, Internal Finance Department
