Corporate Governance
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Good corporate governance is essential to sustaining successful companies’ growth. Gimv is keen to be exemplary in this respect. Gimv uses the Belgian Corporate Governance Code for listed companies (2020) as its reference code (hereinafter the '2020 Code').
The text of the 2020 Code is publicly available on the website of the Belgian Corporate Governance Commission (www.corporategovernancecommittee.be). The consecutive monitoring studies conducted in 2021 and 2023 by Guberna and VBO on behalf of the Belgian Corporate Governance Committee showed that Gimv fully complies with the 2020 Code.
Specific information about Gimv's corporate governance practices is available in the Corporate Governance chapter of the Annual Report. This chapter contains information on appointments, remunerations and any conflicts of interest.
Corporate Governance Charter
In December 2005, Gimv adopted a Corporate Governance Charter that details the key aspects of its corporate governance policy:
- Governance structure
- Shareholder structure
- Board of Directors
- Advisory committees
- Day-to-day management
- Code of conduct
The Corporate Governance Charter is regularly updated to reflect relevant developments.
Articles of association
Board of directors
The board of directors consists of eleven members.
Download Composition of the board
Four members of the board of directors are appointed from among candidates proposed by the WorxInvest. In the list below, their names are marked with an asterisk (*).
Six members of the board of directors are non-executive independent directors appointed from among candidates proposed by the nomination committee. In the list below, their names are marked with a bullet (°).
For further information on the composition of the board, please consult the Annual report and the Corporate Governance Charter.
Executive committee
An innovative corporate governance tool.
The WorxInvest-Gimv relationship agreement
At the occasion of WorxInvest becoming Gimv's new reference shareholder in 2024, both parties concluded a relationship agreement, a governance instrument that provides the right framework for structuring the dialogue between listed company and reference shareholder in order to reach good understandings and contribute to good corporate governance.
Gimv Chairman & WorxInvest Executive Chairman Filip Dierckx and Gimv Chief Legal Officer & Secretary General Edmond Bastijns, talked about the dynamics and benefits of the relationship agreement with GUBERNA Executive Director Sandra Gobert.