8.2.2 The appointment of supervisors

This subsection addresses the issue about the appointment of supervisors, which name refers to supervisory directors in a dual board structure and NEDs in a unitary board structure. This issue is important for the discussion about independence. If a certain person, group of persons or corporate body is responsible for the appointment of the supervisor, this certain person, group of persons or corporate body has a certain power over the supervisor and this might influence the supervisor’s independence. This issue is described below for companies that do not fall within the ambit of the structure regime, companies that do and companies with a unitary board structure.