5.3 Executive board and management team
Simavi is managed by a one-person executive board (the managing director). The managing director is ultimately responsible for Simavi’s operation, the decisions made and the results achieved. The managing director delegates day-to-day implementation to Simavi’s department heads. Together, the managing director and the department heads make up Simavi’s management team (MT). The MT develops Simavi’s policy. The managing director signs off on that policy and supervises its implementation. The managing director is evaluated by the supervisory board (see Part II), and the members of the management team are evaluated by the managing director. The management team consists of the following members: • Ariette Brouwer is Simavi’s managing director. • Pauline Eenhoorn leads the communication and fundraising department. • Ewout van Galen leads the programmes department. • Albert Klomp leads the finance and operations department (since September 2015). • Nanneke Nix leads the partnership development department (since March 2015). Activities in 2015 In 2015, the MT met 14 times. Fixed items on the agenda are the progress of our annual plan, human resources, the progress of our larger programmes, updates on alliances, and institutional fundraising. Other topics in 2015 included risk management, our employee satisfaction survey, our annual report and accounts, our strategic partnerships with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other institutional donors, the revision of our terms of employment, our fundraising strategy, Simavi branding, local presence, the process of defining the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, our partner approval process (including partnerships with private sector companies), ISO certification, Simavi’s 90th birthday, and our WASH and SRHR policies. The MT also continued to receive pro bono leadership development training and change management coaching from Aberkyn. MT compensation In accordance with the standards set by Goede Doelen Nederland (the Dutch industry association for charitable organisations, formerly called VFI), Simavi does not pay bonuses to its management team or any other employee. Our managing director’s compensation Our supervisory board has set the managing director’s compensation package using Goede Doelen Nederland’s guidelines for management salaries at charitable organisations (Adviesregeling Beloning Directeuren van Goede Doelen). Ariette Brouwer received €97,951 in 2015. This includes Ariette’s gross salary and holiday allowance 21. Please see the notes on staff costs in section 17 of the annual accounts for more details. Ariette held no ancillary positions.
21 By law, employees in the Netherlands receive a holiday allowance equal to 8% of their gross salary, paid in May or June.
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