How far does the responsibility of Supervisory Boards extend in competition cases? What has been the impact of introducing so-called social enterprises on supervisory directors? Gert Wim van de Meent and Niek Zaman, both partners at Loyens & Loeff, answer these kinds of questions at the ‘Nationale Dag van Commissarissen en Toezichthouders’, the Non-Executive Directors Day, on 21 January 2010. To register for your invitation to this Dutch event, visit www.dagvanhetcommissariaat.nl.
More competition or less? Check the effect on your own business!
Gert Wim van de Meent and Lesha Witmer, chairperson of the Supervisory Board at the care institution Zorgbalans, will discuss the competition law-related dilemmas that supervisory directors can face in their work at the session entitled ‘Meer of minder mededinging? Let op uw zaak!’ (More competition or less? Check the effect on your own business!). The Netherlands is leaning towards more prohibitive cartel monitoring. A supervisory director has to monitor affairs in an appropriate and critical way and be able to respond proactively when they discover a violation of competition law. However, what if the directors themselves are the subject of competition investigations or there is a conflict of interest between the directors and their organisation? Do supervisory directors have to take the lead and decide what the corporate position will be towards the regulatory authorities? These are some of the dilemmas that Van de Meent and Witmer will discuss.
Management and Supervision of Social Enterprises
Niek Zaman and Jan Schnerr, former chairman of the Board of Directors at Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis and doctoral candidate on market forces in the health care sector, will discuss the role of the supervisory director in social enterprises from a practical and theoretical perspective. They will do so in a session entitled ‘Bestuur en toezicht bij de Maatschappelijke Onderneming’ (Management and Supervision of Social Enterprises). The social enterprise is a new legal form resulting from a government coalition agreement that may be introduced in the semi-public sector. Housing corporations, health care institutions, schools and other socially oriented institutions belong to this sector. In this way, a Supervisory Board (of Directors) for an association or institution that operates a social enterprise acquires legal basis.
More information and registration
The ‘Dag van Commissarissen en Toezichthouders’ is organised by the ‘Nederlands KennisCentrum voor Commissarissen’ (NKCC) (Dutch Centre for Non-Executive Directors). For more information and to register directly, please visit the website for the 'Dag van Commissarissen en Toezichthouders' (in Dutch).