Management and Corporate Governance
Board of Directors
As of December 31, 2011, there are six directors as the names were shown below:
| No. |
Name |
Position |
Number of attended meetings /all meetings of year 2011 |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Chairman of the Board of Director |
10/10 |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Director |
10/10 |
| 3. |
Mr. Thun Thiansuwan |
Director |
10/10 |
| 4. |
Mr. Piroj Ratanasopa |
Director |
2/10 |
| 5. |
Mr. Wanchai Tantikul |
Independent Director |
10/10 |
| 6. |
Mr. Preecha Boonyakida |
Independent Director |
10/10 |
| Total number of meetings |
10 |
Authorized signatories are Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee, signing together with Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun
with affixing the company’s seal. In addition, the authorized signatories can also be either of these two directors
signing with Mr. Thun Thiansuwan or Mr. Piroj Ratanasopa with affixing the company’s seal.
Scope of duty and responsibility of the Board
- To perform their job legally and follow the company objectives and rules as well as the resolution in the shareholders’ meeting with the following exception that need approval from shareholders’ meeting before execution such as the activities that the law assign to have the resolution from the shareholders’ meeting, relating transactions and purchasing and selling any securities according to the regulation of the Stock Exchange of Thailand or as assigned by other Government section.
- To appoint or change the company’s authorized signatories.
- To set policy, strategy and direction of company management as well as to supervise the executive to carry on the work effectively in accordance with the business policy, strategy and direction, in order to supremely increase economic value for the shareholders and for sustainable growth.
- To consider and decide in important activities such as business plan, budget, mass investment projects, or any legal regulation.
- To assess the results of the performance and determine the payment for the executives.
- To be responsible for the results of execution and duty performance of executives with intention and carefulness.
- To conduct accounting system, financial report and accounting report, to set the process in assessing the proper internal control, as well as to have an efficient and effective of internal audit; risk management; financial reporting and monitoring.
- To prevent conflict of interest among the company’s stakeholders.
- To supervise duty performance to be in ethical behavior.
- To set internal regulation and company code.
- To report their job responsibility, in conducting financial report, together with the audited financial report revealed in the annual report; and include important activities in accordance with the Stock Exchange of Thailand policy of desirable performance for the company’s board.
- To appoint someone to administer the company business activities under their supervision or give the person authority and/or within the agreed time period; and the board can cancel, discharge or change this authority at any time.
Audit committee
The Audit Committee of Areeya Property Public Company Limited consists of 3 independent members;
Mr.Wanchai Tantikul as the Chairman and Mr.Preecha Bunyakida as a member of the Audit Committee. They
are all appointed from the meeting of the Board. The third audit committee member is in the process of
selection to replace the member who resigned from the committee since October 7, 2011. The audit committee
consists of two independent directors as follow:
| No. |
Name |
Position |
Number of attended meetings/ all meetings of year 2011 |
| 1. |
Mr. Wanchai Tantikul |
Chairman of Audit Committee |
7/7 |
| 2. |
Mr. Preecha Boonyakida |
Audit Committee |
7/7 |
| Total number of meetings |
7 |
Audit Committee is an independent organization to support, review the financial information, and report to the
shareholders and other related persons.
Scope of duty and responsibility of the audit committee
- To review the Company’s financial report is accuracy and adequacy.
- To ensure that the Company has a suitable and efficient internal control system and internal audit, the audit
committee shall consider the following issue:
- To strengthen the independence of the internal audit department, the audit committee shall approve any selection, promotion, rotation or termination of the department head.
- To ensure the independence of the internal audit department, the audit committee shall consider other factors that might impact its independent performance, including reporting and supervision processes.
- To ensure that Company compliance with the securities and stock exchange laws, the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s regulations and other business laws.
- To consider, select, nominate and recommend remuneration of the Company’s external auditor. The audit committee shall consider the following issues:
- To ensure the independence of the external auditor. The audit committee shall consider any factors that may conflict with the auditor’s efficient and professional operations.
- To freely discuss significant matters, the audit committee shall meet privately with the external auditor once a year, without the management team being present.
- To ensure that the firm complies all related rules when is a connected transaction or transaction that
may lead to conflict of interests
- To make Audit’s Committee’s performance report which is signed by the chairman of Audit Committee and
disclosed in the Company’s annual report, its report should include the following information:
- accurateness, completeness and credibility of the company’s financial report
- adequacy of the firm’s internal control system
- compliance with SEC’s and SET’s laws and regulation and other laws relevant to the company’s business
- suitability of the external auditor;
- transactions that may cause conflicts of interest
- the number of committee meetings and attendance of each member
- other concerns that have arisen as the audit committee performed its duties as defined in the committee’s
charter.
- anything else which should be made available to shareholders and general investors within the scope of
duties and responsibilities assigned by the Board.
- To perform any other activities assigned by the Board of Directors and agreed by Audit Committee.
Executive Committees
Executive Committees of the Company consist of four executive committees as follow:
| No. |
Name |
Position |
Number of attended meetings/ all meetings of year 2011 |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Chief of Executive Committee |
14/14 |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Executive Director |
14/14 |
| 3. |
Mr. Thun Thiansuwan |
Executive Director |
14/14 |
| 4. |
Mr. Piroj Ratanasopa |
Executive Director |
2/14 |
| Total number of meetings |
14 |
The member shall be appointed by the Board to have duty and responsibility. Their power are unable to authorize
items or persons that can gain and loss, or may have a conflict of interest (according to the designation of The
Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand) except in approve some activities that agree with policies,
methods or regulations that Board approved.
Scope of duty and responsibility of Executive Committee
- To determine policies, directions strategies and structures of the Company’s business to support an economic conditions and competition that has announced to the shareholders to ask for and agreement of the Board.
- To determine business plan, budget and managing authority of the Company to ask for an agreement of the Board.
- To examine and monitor the determined policy and managing method to be efficiently and benefit to the company.
- To monitor the company’s progress to follow the approved business plan.
- To consider an investment project of the company in order to offer to the Board.
- To make the legal act with the financial institution of opening an account, borrowing, mortgaging, pawning, guaranteeing, bargaining and register a proprietary right in order to run company’s business.
- To supervise and approve company’s normal business activities, and may hand over power to the Directors or other people to run tine work.
- To run other business activities as the Board assigned.
Management Team
The 2011 management team of the Company consists of eight top executives:
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| 2. |
Mr. Archawan Eiampaiboonphan |
EVP - Construction Department |
| 3. |
Mr. Chumpolpat Puldrapaya |
EVP - Finance & Accounting Department |
| 4. |
Mr. Chernchin Cherdchoochai |
SVP - Brand Corporate Department |
| 5. |
Ms. Ansasi Hongkanarug |
VP - Sales & Marketing Department |
| 6. |
Mr. Kunlapan Saenpipat |
VP - Construction Department |
| 7. |
Mr. Jiraroj Wonglerttanakij |
VP - Legal Department |
| 8. |
Mr. Akerut Sakhakorn |
VP - Finance Department |
Board of Directors in subsidiary companies
Areeya Service Co., Ltd.
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Managing Director |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Director |
| 3. |
Mr. Thun Thiansuwan |
Director |
One Up Co., Ltd.
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Chairman |
| 2. |
Mr. Dennis Ong Boon Seong |
CEO |
| 3. |
Mr. Archawan Eiampaiboonphan |
Director |
| 4. |
Mr. Somphol Thiansuwan |
Director |
| 5. |
Mr. Amorn Vacharakorn |
Director |
Areeya Management Co., Ltd.
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Managing Director |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Director |
| 3. |
Mr.Thun Thiansuwan |
Director |
Cool Space Co., Ltd.
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Managing Director |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Director |
| 3. |
Mr.Thun Thiansuwan |
Director |
White Living Co., Ltd.
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Managing Director |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Director |
| 3. |
Mr.Thun Thiansuwan |
Director |
Chill Space Co., Ltd.
| No. |
Name |
Position |
| 1. |
Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee |
Managing Director |
| 2. |
Mrs. Niphapat Romerattanaphun |
Director |
| 3. |
Mr.Thun Thiansuwan |
Director |
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer of the company is Mr. Wisit Laohapoonrungsee.
The Board of Directors has assigned Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to have duties and responsibilities in
operation. The detail of assigned authority conforms to the scope of duty and responsibility of Chief Executive
Officer which the authority assignment of CEO and other persons as the approval by CEO have not included
the power and/or authority to approve any transactions that CEO or the authorized person may have any
conflict of interests or any advantage from the company or subsidiary company (compliance with the
Regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission). Such transactions have to be proposed in the Board
of Directors’ meeting and/or Shareholders’ meeting for consideration and approval as indicated in the
company’s Articles of Association or related law except the approval of transactions following the company’s
Policies, Methods, Rules approved by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee.
Scope of duty and responsibility of Chief Executive Officer
- To operate and manage the company’s business complying with plan and budget approved by the Board of Directors
- To operate and manage the company’s business entirely complying with the company’s Objectives, Policies, Rules, Articles of Association, Orders, Resolutions of Board of Directors’ Meetings or Executive Committee’s Meetings
- To have an authority to operate and act as the company’s representative for the related business beneficial to the company
- To have an authority to issue the Announcement, Orders or Memorandum in order to control the operation complying with the company’s Policies and benefit and to maintain the disciplines in the organization work
- To approve the appointment of Staffs and Consultants in any fields necessary for the company’s operation
- To operate as assigned by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee under the company’s Rules and Articles of Association
The approval of transactions under the scope of duty and responsibility has to comply with the payment approval
authority approved by the Board of Directors.
Payment Approval Authority
The Board of Directors has determined the payment approval authority for the company’s normal course of
business, financing, credit facility requesting, including mortgaging with the details as follows:
| |
Payment Approval Authority |
Normal course of business
transactions |
Financial transactions |
| Chief Executive Officer |
Not over Baht 50 Million |
Not over Baht 100 Million |
| Executive Committee |
Not over Baht 200 Million |
Not over Baht 500 Million |
| Board of Directors |
No Limit |
No Limit |
Secretary of the Company
The Secretary of the Company is Ms. Siriluck Tangwiboonpanich. By scope of duty and responsibility are as
follows:
Scope of duty and responsibility of the Secretary of the Company
- Monitor the activities of the Board to perform their job legally and follow the rule and regulation.
- Establish the Board of Directors’ Meeting and the Shareholders’ Meeting, including Invitation of Shareholders’ Meeting.
- Maintain information and document of the Company.
- Prepare Annual Report.
- Follow the Regulation of The Security and Exchange Commission, Thailand.