Intro

Van Gansewinkel Groep bv is a company that has voluntary adopted the limited
two-tier board system. The degree of transparency and accountability that the Corporate Governance Code imposes on enterprises perfectly reflects Van Gansewinkel Groep’s philosophy and the way in which it conducts its business.

Risk management has the full attention of the Board of Directors. The principle is to map out any risks that arise and ensure that communications about those risks are as transparent as possible. The Board of Directors uses the relevant principles from the Corporate Governance Code in this process.

One of the strategic objectives of our current shareholders is that in due course Van Gansewinkel Groep will change ownership, and going public is one of the options. This will mean even stricter requirements for the transparency and accountability in our business conduct.

As such, the company’s corporate governance further professionalised during the reporting year. In 2011, amended regulations for the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board will be presented for approval. In addition, preparations were made during 2010 for the introduction of a code of conduct.

It is our intention to continue to concretely implement the course we have adopted,
of ensuring transparent communications with our stakeholders about our strategy, results, risks and opportunities (SWOT). Our GRI A+ status, reporting in accordance with IFRS and the information in this annual report demonstrate that we are actually putting that ambition into practice.

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