Mme Nicole Gélinas, ASC et administratrice sur le CA de Assurance-Vie Banque Nationale, m’a fait parvenir ce court article de Carol Hansell, paru dans un magazine juridique (LEXPERT), qui traite de la question du rôle des administrateurs de sociétés de filiales au sein d’un grand groupe. Je crois que cet article offre un éclairage intéressant sur le rôle de ce genre d’administrateurs.
Le rôle d’un administrateur de filiale
« Directors owe a fiduciary duty to no single shareholder. But what if that shareholder happens to be a parent company ?
Directors of subsidiaries are often uncertain about how to relate to the parent company. If the parent company sets the strategic direction and makes major decisions for its subsidiaries (including budget and executive hiring decisions), then what is the function of the subsidiary company board? More importantly, from a liability perspective, how do directors of subsidiary company boards satisfy their fiduciary duty?
Canadian law is clear that directors owe their fiduciary duty to the corporation and not to any stakeholder of the corporation — including its shareholders ».
Gouvernance | Jacques Grisé 