The Operating Instruments that direct and manage the affairs of the LAG of KEFALONIA and ITHACA are:
- The General Assembly (GA)
- The Board of Directors
- The President
- The Vice-President
- The LEADER/CLLD Management Committee
- The Administrator/Coordinator of the LEADER/CLLD Program
The Company is managed by the General Assembly (GA) and the Board of Directors, which consists of 9 members, designated by the Company’s Articles of Association. The G.A of the shareholders is the supreme body of the Company and may decide on any matter concerning the Company, except those which, according to the Law or the Articles of the Association, are decided by the Board of Directors. Its decisions bind all shareholders, even those who are absent or disagree. The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors lasts for three years. The Board, after its election, is constituted in a body and elects among its members the President and the Vice-President. It also designates among its members an Administrator or appoints him by engaging him in an independent service relationship either from the market or from the Company’s executive staff. The Administrator may also be appointed as a member of the Board of Directors. The Operator’s responsibilities are determined by decision by the Board of Directors. In accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company he participates in the meetings of the Board of Directors without having the right to vote when it has not been determined by the members of the Board of Directors.
Board of Directors
The Company is represented to any public, judicial or other authority and to third parties by the Board of Directors, which is entitled, by special decision, to assign the exercise of its rights in relation to the representation and management of the Company in one or more members or employees of the Company.
The Board of Directors may delegate all or some of its responsibilities, as well as the representation of the Company and its commitment by signing under the corporate name, to one or more persons, members of the Board of Directors.
The current composition of the Board of Directors is:
| President | Dimitrios Spanos, representative of the Region of the Ionian Islands |
| Vice-President | Asimina Gavrielatou, representative of the Municipality of Argostoli |
| Members | Stavros Travlos, vice – governor of Kefalonia and Ithaca Gerasimos Galanos, representative of the Municipality of Lixouri Aristea Amitsi, representative of the Municipality of Sami Dionisios Troianos, representative of the Municipality of Argostoli Nikolaos Raditsas, representative of the Municipality of Ithaca Gerasimos Simotas, representative of the Chamber of Kefalonia and Ithaca Marinis Mperetsos, representative of Regional Development Company of Parnonas S.A. |
The President of the Board of Directors is the legal representative of the Company. He supervises the management of the Company and represents it in court and out of court. He also monitors whether the actions of the Administrator / Coordinator are in accordance with the relevant provisions and the Articles of Association. To this end, the Administrator/Coordinator and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in every cooperation with the Chairman shall present the matters related to the course of the Company’s affairs.
LEADER/CLLD Program Management Committee
For the management of the LEADER/CLLD program, the Program Management Committee of LEADER/CLLD has been established, in order to form the Decision-Making Level. The Program Management Committee was established on the basis of the Company’s Articles of Association, with a view to the effective, autonomous and multilateral implementation of the LEADER/CLLD program and was first established in a body with the nomination of the President and its members.
The current composition of LEADER/CLLD Program Management Committee is:
| President | Asimina Gavrielatou, representative of the Municipality of Argostoli |
| Vice-President | Nikolaos Raditsas, representative of the Municipality of Ithaca |
| Members | Athanasios Livitsanis, Prefect of Ithaca Gerasimos Galanos, representative of the Municipality of Lixouri Gerasimos Timotheatos, representative of Kefalonia and Ithaca Hotel Association Mixalis Kontarinis, representative of Professional Fishing Association of Kefalonia “O Kefalos” Panagis Galiatsatos, representative of Robola Producers Cooperative of Kefallinia |