Company authorities

Supervisory Board

Members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the General Meeting, while the Supervisory Board appoints members of the Management Board and supervises their work. The Supervisory Board consists of up to ten members.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

The work of the Supervisory Board is coordinated by the Board Chairman, with the assistance of the Deputy Chairman and the Secretary. In the case of the absence of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, his duties shall be assumed by the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. The Board’s specific responsibilities and duties as well as functional procedures are set forth in the Company Statutes and in the Regulations for the Supervisory Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

Qualifications in the field of accounting or the auditing of financial statements and knowledge and skills in the sector:

  • Bogusław Szarek was selected as a member possessing knowledge and skills in the sector in which KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. operates resulting from many years of employment (since 1982) in KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. as well as being a member of the Supervisory Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. since 2012, as a Member of the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Supervisory Board elected by employees.

The Supervisory Board meets regularly at least once every quarter. During these meetings the Supervisory Board engages in discussions with the Management Board involving matters pertaining to the Company’s strategy and its operational and financial performance.

Though the Board performs its tasks collectively, it delegates some of the work to the Committees appointed by the Supervisory Board. The committees to whom these tasks are delegated are described below:  

The scope of tasks of the Committees is set out in the current the Regulations for the Supervisory Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

The Company remunerates the Members of the Supervisory Board in compliance with the Remuneration Policy adopted on 19 June 2020 by the Ordianry General Meeting of  KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

SUPERVISORY BOARD COMPOSITION

The terms of office of each member of the Supervisory Board is three years. KGHM has a diverse Supervisory Board. It comprises members drawn from a wide range of professional backgrounds.

The names, skills and experience of each member of the supervisory board are shown in our Supervisory Board section.

INDEPENDENT MEMBERS

At present, the following Members of the Supervisory Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. meet, according to their submitted declarations, the criteria of independence: TBD.

The criteria for independence are set forth in point 2.3. of the document Code of Best Practice for WSE Listed Companies 2021.

 

Management Board

The scope of the Management Board’s responsibilities includes all aspects of the Company’s affairs. The Management Board Bylaws set forth the Board’s specific responsibilities and duties as well as functional procedures.  

MANAGEMENT BOARD COMPOSITION

The Management Board is composed of six members.

The names, skills and experience of each member of the Management Board are shown in our Management Board section.

Minutes of the Supervisory Board from the qualification proceedings for Members of the 11th-term Management Board

Minutes of the Supervisory Board from the qualification proceedings for Vice President (Corporate Affairs) of the of the 11th-term Management Board

Following is the breakdown of duties within the Management Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.:

The President of the Management Board is responsible for:

  1. activities related to overall risk management at the corporate level as well as internal auditing and controlling within the Group;
  2. the preparation, implementation and execution of the Company’s Strategy and Sustainable Development Policy;
  3. activities related to comprehensive management of security and preventing losses in the Group;
  4. the application of the adopted corporate governance principles in the Company;
  5. activities related to the development and preparation for implementation of solutions as regards organization and management in the Company, including designing and developing the Company’s organizational structure;
  6. providing organizational services to the Company’s bodies;
  7. providing legal services to the Company’s bodies with the exception of the Supervisory Board;
  8. activities related to communications and corporate image-building within the Group;
  9. the shaping of relations with the Company’s external business environment;
  10. activities related to human resources management;
  11. the activities of the Data Center (COPI) with respect to supplying and developing information and communication services required for the proper functioning of the Company and the subsidiaries of the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Group;
  12. overseeing the Company's administrative services.

The Vice President of the Management Board (Development) is responsible for:

  1. advancement of the Company’s R&D policy;
  2. advancement of the Company’s innovation and intellectual property protection policy;
  3. coordination of the Company’s investments and development projects;
  4. the development, updating and monitoring of execution of the Group’s equity investments plan;
  5. shaping of the Company’s products portfolio;
  6. initiation, development and implementation of management standards in the process of managing projects and programs;
  7. acquisition and development of the mining resources base in Poland;
  8. management of real estate;
  9. development of the mining structure;
  10. development of the production lines.

The Vice President of the Management Board (International Assets) is responsible for:

  1. the preparation and implementation of strategy for international assets;
  2. activities related to acquiring and developing the international resource base;
  3. analysis, assessment and preparation of new international exploration projects;
  4. preparation of studies and expert opinions as regards international resource base projects;
  5. coordination of tasks with respect to the Company’s equity investments plan as regards international subsidiaries;
  6. substantive oversight over the Group’s international production entities, including the creation and execution of their production plans;
  7. the shaping of the Company’s commercial and logistics policies;
  8. the identification of international mining projects with the potential to provide development opportunities for the Company.

The Vice President of the Management Board (Finance) is responsible for:

  1. the shaping of the Group’s financial policy;
  2. the review of the Strategy’s programs in terms of their financial feasibility;
  3. finances in all of the Group’s operations and activities;
  4. the creation of the Group tax policy;
  5. the Company’s accounting services;
  6. compliance with formal reporting and publishing obligations within the scope required by law;
  7. activities related to building and maintaining relations with investors on the Polish and international market;
  8. activities related to the development projects in the field of energy.

The Vice President of the Management Board (Corporate Affairs) is responsible for:

  1. corporate supervision standards;
  2. overall corporate oversight over the Group’s subsidiaries in Poland and abroad;
  3. activities related to creating, updating and maintaining the uniformity of the organisation’s internal regulations to maintain consistent operating principles;
  4. ensuring legal services to the statutory bodies of the Company with regard to the Supervisory Board of the Company;
  5. ensuring legal services to the Company, with the exclusion of the scope assigned to the President of the Management Board;
  6. coordination of the purchasing processes in the Group;
  7. the shaping of relations with the industry and regulatory environment;
  8. on the Founder’s behalf – supervision of the functioning of the KGHM Polish Copper Foundation as well as other organisations serving the public, which support achievement of the Group’s business goals.

The Vice President of the Management Board (Production) is responsible for:

  1. the integrated planning and optimisation of the Company’s current production;
  2. occupational health and safety and control of environmental risks;
  3. activities with respect to maintaining the readiness of the production and non-production assets and achievement of the main goals of the Energy Strategy;
  4. activities with respect to manufacturing products and the development of mine and metallurgical production;
  5. overseeing activities connected with the implementation, maintenance and improvement of management systems in the Company;
  6. integrated supply chain management.

MANAGEMENT BOARD GOVERNANCE

KGHM’s Management Board is statutorily required to meet at least once every month. In practice however, these meetings are usually held once a week. During these meetings, the Management Board discusses, among others, issues related to Company strategy, matters related to risk management, the financial and operational performance of the Company and any other strategic issues concerning the company and its operations. These meetings are convened by the President, or, in his absence, by the Deputy Vice President.

The Company remunerates the Members of the Management Board in compliance with the Remuneration Policy dated 19 June 2020 and the resolutions of the General Meeting.