Annual Report 2023 79 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OVERVIEW STATEMENT PRINCIPLE A - BOARD LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVENESS (CONT’D) II. BOARD COMPOSITION (CONT’D) Commitment of the Board (Cont’d) The Directors are required to disclose and update their directorships and shareholdings in other companies as and when necessary at every Board meeting. The Directors are also expected to comply with Paragraph 15.06 of the MMLR of Bursa Malaysia on the maximum number of five (5) directorships they can hold in public listed companies to ensure that all Directors are able to commit sufficient time to carry out their roles and responsibilities. Currently, all the Directors of the Company have complied with the said requirements. The Directors are also required to notify the Chairman before accepting any new directorship and shall include an indication of time that will be spent on the new appointment. Directors’ Training The Directors are mindful that they are required to attend suitable training programmes to keep abreast with the current development of the industry as well as the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. The Directors are encouraged to evaluate their own training needs on a continuous basis and to determine the relevant programmes, seminars, briefings or dialogues that are best suited to enhance their knowledge. The Board through the NRC evaluated and assessed the training needs of the Board members and also recommended the type of training programmes for the Directors to attend. All Directors have attended the Mandatory Accreditation Programme as prescribed by Bursa Malaysia. The Directors will continue to participate in training programmes to equip themselves and to effectively discharge their duties as Directors as and when necessary. The Company Secretaries facilitates programme registration for participating Directors and would maintain such records of the programmes and their attendance thereat. The NRC reviewed the training programmes attended by the Directors during the financial year under review. The various training programmes, seminars and conferences attended by the Directors are as follows:- Directors Training Programmes Datuk Haji Abu Hanifah bin Noordin - Sustainability Governance, Management & Reporting Implications to the Board & Management in overseeing the Economic, Environmental, Social & Governance (‘EESG’) perspectives of Datasonic Group’s business 22 March 2023 Dato’ Wan Mohd Safiain bin Wan Hasan - Sustainability Governance, Management & Reporting Implications to the Board & Management in overseeing the Economic, Environmental, Social & Governance (‘EESG’) perspectives of Datasonic Group’s business 22 March 2023 Mr Chew Chi Hong - Sustainability Governance, Management & Reporting Implications to the Board & Management in overseeing the Economic, Environmental, Social & Governance (‘EESG’) perspectives of Datasonic Group’s business 22 March 2023 - ICDM VIRTUAL CLASSROOM: Mandatory Accreditation Programme (MAP) 5 – 7 December 2022
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