IBERSOL | Annual Report 2020

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT the renewal or replacement of the current members’ mandate, according to Law 62/2017 of 1 August. The members of the Board of directors were first elected to their posts as follows: Dr. António Carlos Vaz Pinto de Sousa, 1991; Dr. António Alberto Guerra Leal Teixeira, 1997; and Prof. Juan Carlos Vázquez-Dodero de Bonifaz, 1999. According to Article 27 of the by-laws, directors are elected for a four-year period. The Board of Directors may also delegate the day-to-day management of the Company to one or more directors or an executive committee, within the terms and limits established by law. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the current exercise of the Executive Committee and the conditions it shall exercise the powers assigned to. 18. Difference between executive and non-executive members and, as regards non-executive members, details of members that may be considered independent The governing body of the Company is made up of three directors and includes one non-executive member, Prof. Juan Carlos Vázquez-Dode- ro de Bonifaz, who is not associated with any specific interest groups, whether of the Company or its principal shareholders, and has no mate- rial interests that might clash or interfere with the free performance of his duties as a director. No internal control committee has been estab- lished. The mentioned non-executive member is a director of related companies, in which he does not perform any executive functions. He does not carry out any activities or businesses with the Company, within the meaning of articles 397 and 398 of the Companies Code (CSC) and meets the other requirements for independence stated in art 414.5 of the CSC, in particular as stated in the European Commission Recom- mendation of 15 February 2005. Face to this Recommendation, in its point number 13, it is determined, about the independence requirement, that an administrator must be considered independent if he has no busi- ness, family, or other relations with the company, either with the control shareholders, as well with the directive bodies of any of them – that can create a conflict of interest that undermine his judgment. These in- dependence requirements are complete fulfilled by the non-executive member of Board of Directors, Prof. Juan Carlos Vazquez-Dodero de Bonifaz, and so this is an independent member. The above mentioned non-executive director, as a non-executive direc- 226