The Members ' Council Finance Committee pack a critical look at the annual figure and budget of Royal FloraHolland . What does the Committee do exactly ? And do they really have a say ?

The Members ' Council has four sub - committees . Each commission has its own area of focus , namely : Strategy , Finances , Member commitment and Cooperative . These committees engage with the Management Board and the Supervisory Board . Furthermore they advise the Members ' Council . Final recommendation to the Management Board or decision are made by the Members ' Council .

Theft"Normally we add up together as a commission four to six time a year " , begin Niels de Groot ( de Groot Nursery ) . He has been a phallus of the Finance Committee from the very start . " But if it is needed , we meet more often . This was the shell last year when we cope with nine times . This was due , among other thing , to money theft at Royal FloraHolland " .

CFO David van Mechelen is always present at the commission meeting as well as the nine Members ' Council members of course . reckon on the agenda , other members of the management squad or the Supervisory Board join . " In the case of the thievery that was Ali Ahrouch , Head of Internal Audit & Risk Management . We asked him : How could this hap ? And how will this be preclude in the future ? " Niels has the look that his commission has really determine this topic . " It is difficult for the Management Board to guess which questions are being raised by members . Because we , as Members ' Council member , are watching and ask questions , we have been able to better determine how this could have happen . A thorough plan has been drawn up to ward off such imposter in the future tense and this has been extensively explained . We have also been able-bodied to channel the sensory faculty of importunity to deal this " .

take seriouslyUntil 2019 Royal FloraHolland worked with advisory councils Niels can provide more insight , as he was also involved at the time . " As a penis of the advisory council , you’re able to only give your advice or opinion . We were well informed but we had no voting rightfulness . We had to take what the Management Board said at human face value " , he says . But that switch considerably with the introduction of the Members ' Council and the committees . The management involves us early on in important matters , for example , the rates for member . We then participate into a discussion about this . Should they be adapt or not ? What pros and cons do we as raiser see ? "

The committee is a effective cross - section of the members of Royal FloraHolland . And that is of import to be capable to think together and talk as members . Niels : " As an individual you could not have knowledge of everything . It is simply too much . And to really move frontwards as a co-op , a thoroughgoing vote is need - establish on the ripe option for the most members , while read into account the minority " . The Finance Committee regularly keeps the other Members ' Council members updated about the topics that are discussed , what the cognitive operation count like and which questions and answers arose . " in the end , the Members ' Council ballot , and in this manner they are well informed . "

Annual figuresThe annual accounts are currently the focus of the Finance Committee , explain Niels . " Pascal Visée , member of the Supervisory Board , showed us their working method during the late meeting . The Board manage the Management Board . How do they face at the one-year chassis ? What are they make up aid to ? Who has which role ? Very enlightening for us as a committee . It almost feels like we are supervising the Council " .

The Finance Committee is already admit in forecast during the year . What do the figures look like until then ? As a result , the yearly figure hold few surprise . " And if that is the case , then we ask question . We go into into a discourse . Always in reference with our members , the Members ' Council . During the extremity sessions this spring , the Management Board presents the yearly number from the previous class to the appendage . Finally , the Members ' Council votes in April on adopting the annual explanation . Through this process we have a better sympathy of what is behind the numbers . In this way we can continue to back our co-op with confidence . "

In the Finance Committee there are nine Members ' Council phallus . These are : Herman de Jong , Ben Olsthoorn , Bram Bernhard , Jan Mantel , Martien Middelburg , Martien v / d Weijden , Niels de Groot , Peter Varekamp en Walter Straathof .

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