Independence and meeting attendance
Independence and meeting attendance 2012
Scania Board Members elected by the Annual General Meeting
| Board member | First elected | Independent in relation to the company and its management* | Independent in relation to the company's major shareholders* | Attendance out of 11 meetings**
in all |
| Martin Winterkorn, Chairman | 2007 | Yes | No | 9 |
| Leif Östling, Vice Chairman, 1, 2 | 1994 | No | No | 11 |
Peter Abele | 2012 | Yes | Yes | 7 |
Helmut Aurenz | 2008 | Yes | Yes | 9 |
Börje Ekholm, 3 | 2007 | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Francisco J. Garcia Sanz | 2007 | Yes | No | 8 |
Jochem Heizmann, 2 | 2010 | Yes | No | 10 |
Gunnar Larsson, 3 | 2008 | Yes | Yes | 4 |
Ferdinand K. Piëch | 2012 | Yes | No | 7 |
Hans Dieter Pötsch | 2007 | Yes | No | 10 |
Åsa Thuman | 2010 | Yes | Yes | 11 |
Peter Wallenberg Jr | 2005 | Yes | Yes | 10 |
1 Leif Östling has been employed by the Volkswagen Group since 1 September 2012 and is a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG. He is therefore no longer independent in relation to the company's major shareholders.
2 Leif Östling was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors on the Board Meeting 13 December 2012, thereby succeeding Jochem Heizmann who remains as a Board Member.
3 Börje Ekholm and Gunnar Larsson were members of the Board of Directors until the AGM on 4 May 2012, after wich they resigned from the Board.
* The Nomination Committee's assessment of elected Board members' independence according to the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance and the rules of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm that applied during 2012.
** During 2012, the Board held eleven meetings: four Board meetings before the 2012 AGM and seven meetings after the 2012 AGM.
The Board of Director's independent relationship and meeting attendance is available in its entirety in the Corporate Governance Report.
