PART SIX
OFFICERS
The Board may from time to time elect or appoint officers with such duties and powers and for such terms of office as the Board deems advisable and, in particular, a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, one or more Vice-Presidents (to which title may be added words indicating seniority or function), a Comptroller, a Secretary and a Treasurer (who may also be Vice-Presidents), and one or more assistants to any of the officers so elected or appointed. Except as provided in Section 6.03, the same person may hold more than one office.
6.02 | Chairman, Vice-Chairman and President |
The Chairman, Vice-Chairman and President shall each be a director and shall have such powers and duties as the Board may specify.
6.03 | Chief Executive Officer |
The Board may designate an officer as Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation who, as such, shall, subject to the authority of the Board, have general supervision over the business of the Corporation. The Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall not be the same person, except in the event of the death, resignation or removal of the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer, until such time as a permanent successor is appointed as Chairman or Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be.
6.04 | Chief Operating Officer |
The Board may designate an officer as the Chief Operating Officer who, as such, shall have the powers and duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may specify.
The Vice-Chairman, if any, in the absence or non-appointment of the Chairman, shall preside as chairman at all meetings of the Board and shareholders.
During the absence or disability of the President, his duties shall be performed and his powers exercised by the Vice-President or, if there is more than one, by the Vice-President or Vice-Presidents designated from time to time by the Board or the President; provided, however, that a Vice-President who is not a director shall not preside as chairman at any meeting of directors or of a committee of directors. A Vice- President shall have such other powers and duties as the Board or Chief Executive Officer may specify.
The Comptroller shall be the principal officer in charge of the accounts of the Corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer.
The Secretary shall attend and be the secretary of all meetings of the Board, committees of the Board (unless another person is designated to act as secretary of such meeting or meetings by any such committee), and shareholders and the secretary or such other designated person in the case of meetings of any committees of the Board shall maintain minutes of all proceedings thereat. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given as and when instructed, all notices to shareholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the Board and shall be custodian of the corporate seal and records of the Corporation, except when another officer has been appointed for that purpose, and the Secretary shall have such other powers and duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may specify. The Assistant Secretary or, if more than one, the Assistant Secretaries, shall assist the Secretary in the performance of his duties and shall exercise all his powers and carry out all his duties in the absence or disability of the Secretary.
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