Board

The board is accountable to shareholders for the performance of the company.

The board comprises seven non-executive Directors and two executive Directors, being the Managing Director and Executive Director Finance and Strategy.

View details on Origin Energy’s Board of Directors.

Origin Energy recognises that independent Directors have an important role in ensuring The board fulfils its responsibilities. The board has determined that its composition should include a majority of independent Directors and has developed an Independence of Directors policy  (90kb)

The board has set out the functions that have been delegated to it and those delegated to management in a board charter. Origin Energy’s board charter includes statements on the following:

• Power and authority
• Delegation of authority to management
• Responsibilities of The board
• Committees of The board

View Origin Energy’s Board charter  (96kb)

Further information on Origin Energy’s approach to corporate governance is also available in the Corporate governance statement (114kb) in the 2009 Annual Report.

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