Appointment process of independent directors shall be independent of the company management; while selecting independent directors the Board shall ensure that there is appropriate balance of skills, experience and knowledge in the Board so as to enable the Board to discharge its functions and duties effectively.
I write to confirm your appointment as a director of name of co-operative with effect from date. This letter is intended to inform you of a number of important formal matters connected with your appointment, and accompanies an induction pack which provides more detail to assist you in your new role.
A company must file the following forms with the ROC to add a new director: MGT-14 – Resolution passed in the general meeting regarding the appointment of the director. DIR-2 – Consent received by the proposed director to hold the position of a director in the company. DIR-12 – Particulars of appointment of the director.
(2) No company shall appoint or re-appoint any person as its managing director, whole-time director or manager for a term exceeding five years at a time: Provided that no re-appointment shall be made earlier than one year before the expiry of his term.
Section 149(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 requires that every company shall have a minimum number of 3 directors in the case of a public company, two directors in the case of a private company, and one director in the case of a One Person Company. A company can appoint maximum 15 fifteen directors.
In Kenya, a director is appointed during the company's incorporation, during the Annual General Meeting, or by an Ordinary Resolution of the company. The Company's Articles of Association control how directors are appointed, dismissed and retired in Kenya.
The company may pass a resolution to appoint a director in an Annual General Meeting (AGM). If the company decides to appoint a director in the middle of the year, it may appoint a director by passing a resolution in an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).
Usually, the shareholder will approach the chair of the board and then the matter is discussed by the board as a whole. The board can appoint the proposed director and then endorse his or her election at the next annual general meeting.