2. Established : 1884
Founder : Dr. S K Burman
Basic Motive : Manufacture of Ayurvedic Drugs
Achieved : By setting up manufacturing units and
setting up Research and
Development Labs
Expanded its product line in the mid 1900’s by
launching Dabur Hair Oil and Chyawanprash
Added Oral Care Products in the 1970’s
Shifted base from Kolkata to New Delhi in 1972
Launched Hajmola tablet in 1978
DABUR -THE BRAND
3. Corporate Governance?????
Corporate governance involves a set of relationships
between a company’s management, its board, its
shareholders and other stakeholders ..also the structure
through which objectives of the company are set, and the
means of attaining those objectives and monitoring
performance are determined.”
Corporate governance is a multi-faceted subject. An
important theme is to ensure the accountability of certain
individuals in an organization through mechanisms that try
to reduce or eliminate the principal-agent problem.
It is a system of structuring, operating and controlling a
company
5. Corporate Governance –Dabur way
Committed to good Corporate
Governance benchmarked itself in
line with global practices.
Understands and respects its fiduciary
role in the corporate world
This attitude has earned recognition
and has strengthened its bond of trust
with stakeholders and the society at
large.
Has earned ICSI’s “Corporate
Governance Excellence award in
2016”
6. Corporate Governance Philosophy
o It is to achieve business excellence and
optimize long term value for its shareholders
on a sustained basis through ethical business
conduct
o Envisages attainment of transparency,
accountability and equity
7. Some of the initiatives are:
Professionalization of the board
Lean and active Board (reduced from 16 to 10 members)
Less number of promoters on the Board
More professionals and independent Directors for better
management
Governed through Board committees for Audit,
Remuneration, Shareholder Grievances, Compensation
and Nominations
Meets all Corporate Governance Code requirements of
SEBI
8. Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors of the Company represents an
optimum mix of professionalism, knowledge and
experience.
The total strength of the Board of Directors of the
Company are 12 members.
Besides Chairman, who is a Non-Executive Promoter
Director, the Board comprises of three Executive
Directors (of whom one is Promoter Director),two
NonExecutivePromoter Directors and six Non-
Executive Independent Directors.
9. Committee of Board
Dabur consists of 4 committee
Audit Committee
Remuneration cum Compensation Committee
Shareholders/Investors Grievance and Share Transfer
Committee
Nomination Committee
10. Audit Committee
Oversight of the Company's financial reporting process
and disclosure of its financial information to ensure
that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and
credible.
Recommending to the Board the appointment, re-
appointment and, if required, the replacement or
removal of the statutory auditor and the fixation of
audit fees.
Approval of payment to statutory auditors for any other
services rendered by the statutory auditors
11. Remuneration cum Compensation
Committee
Framing and implementing, on behalf of the Board and on
behalf of the shareholders, a credible and transparent
policy on remuneration of Executive Directors, including
ESOP, pension rights and any compensation payment.
Considering, approving and recommending to the Board
changes in designation and increase in salary of the
Executive Directors.
Ensuring that the remuneration policy is good enough to
attract, retain and motivate the Directors.
12. Shareholders/Investors Grievance
and Share Transfer Committee
Transfer/Transmission of shares.
Split-up/Sub-division and Consolidation
of shares.
Dematerialization/ materialization of
Shares.
Issue of new and duplicate share
certificates.
Registration of Power of Attorneys,
Probate, Letters of Transmission or
similar other documents
13. Nomination Committee
To identify and recommend
suitable candidates to the Board
of Directors for appointment as
members of the Board.
To engage the services of
consultants and seek their help in
the process of identifying
candidates for appointments to
the Board.
• To decide the remuneration of
consultants engaged by the
Committee.
14. Conclusion
Corporate governance practices exert great influence
on the performance of the company.
Shareholders should ensure that the composition of
Board of Directors is a balanced mix of independent
directors and management appointees. This would help
keep a check on the internal processes of the company.
Companies which are having good governance
practices will have good image among the investors
and public as a whole.