Report Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board (SB) supervises SIDN's Executive Director and supports him with advice. The main focuses of the Board's supervision and review activities are SIDN's business strategy and the associated risks, realisation of the organisation's objectives and the design and effectiveness of the internal risk management and control systems. The Supervisory Board has seven members, including its chair.
Changes in membership
Simon Hania, Corporate Privacy Officer at TomTom, was appointed to the Supervisory Board of SIDN and the Board of Governors of ENUM NL with effect from 1 April 2013. Mr Hania succeeded Fred Eisner, whose membership of the two boards ended on the same date. Simon Hania has previously sat on the boards of organisations such as AMS-IX, COIN and NLnet Labs. Michiel Westermann also retired from the Board with effect from 1 April. Like fellow retiree Fred Eisner, Mr Westermann had been a member of the Supervisory Board since its inception in 2005 and had completed the maximum number of constitutionally permitted terms of office. During their time on the board, both men made an important contribution to SIDN's development.
On 18 September, Paul Schnabel was also appointed to the Supervisory Board. Mr Schnabel had previously been CEO of the Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands, a crown-appointed member of the Social Economic Council and a professor at Utrecht University. In 2014, he will succeed Eddy Schuyer as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board is very pleased with the appointment of its new members and proud that SIDN has been able to secure the services of such prominent and respected administrators.
Decisions
At the Board's four meetings in 2012, the main topics addressed included plans for changing SIDN's pricing and billing system, two security incidents, the progress of the SIDN Labs research programme, cooperation with the Registrars' Association and the proposed creation of the SIDN Fund.
In addition, the following matters were approved and/or decided:
- Annual report and accounts for 2012
- Annual reports of the Supervisory Board, the Selection & Appointments Committee, the Audit Committee and the Security & Stability Committee in the context of corporate governance
- Annual plan and budget for 2013
Committees
The Audit Committee met twice in 2013 and considered matters such as the annual accounts for 2012, the prognoses and quarterly reports for 2013 and the interim annual audit. The Selection & Appointments Committee also met twice, interviewed candidate members and advised the Supervisory Board on the appointment of new members. The Security & Stability Committee met once, discussing matters such as the findings of the ISO27001 certification audit and the associated improvement recommendations.
Meetings
In March, the Supervisory Board travelled to Oxford to meet the Board and CEO of Nominet, the registry for .uk, as well as the Board and CEO of the Nominet Trust. In June, the Supervisory Board met SIDN's Staff Council.
In early October, the Supervisory Board, SIDN's CEO and the Board of the Registrars' Association met to discuss the proposed creation of the SIDN Fund. The RA was asked for its advice on the Fund's form and structure and the best way to involve registrars. Various recommendations made by the RA were subsequently taken into account in the further development of the Fund.
The Supervisory Board believes that the policies pursued by SIDN have been such that the quality of SIDN's services is assured and that the company is ready for the future.
The Supervisory Board believes that the policies pursued by SIDN have been such that the quality of SIDN's services is assured and that the company is ready for the future.