董事和董事会,董事会由11名董事(包括四个外部董事)。原则上,董事会于每月举行会议,并addi-tionally不时。董事会主席并不负责任何特定领域并没有参与如何执行。董事股东受托责任的基础上,收集足够的信息,了解有关法律、法规和其他必要的规则,积极表达意见,讨论并决定在董事会的会议、管理讨论会议和其他重要会议为了获得足够的知识各种利益相关者包括股东、观点和立场,实现可持续增长和中长期企业价值的提高。在2019财政年度,管理讨论会议举行了七次,和行政会议举行一次讨论。董事会评估根据雅马哈发动机的公司治理准则,董事会分析和评估亚博比分官网董事会的角色和责任的有效性作为一个整体在年度基础上。分析和评估进行以下perspec-tives和总结的结果适当披露。评价观点1。角色和职责的Directors2董事和董事会。董事会和高级管理层之间的关系(高管)3。组织设计和董事会的组成,etc.4。资格和知识举行Directors5的董事和董事会。 Deliberation at the meetings of the Board of Directors6. Relationships and dialogue with shareholders7. Dealing with stakeholders other than shareholdersEvaluation processThe effectiveness of the Board of Directors was evaluated using the following process with the Corporate Planning Division acting as the secretariat.• Self-Evaluation Survey by updated questionnaire, based on seven evaluation perspectives regarding the aims of the Board of Directors and past evaluation results.• Conduct Board investigations, analysis of the Self-Evaluation Survey responses, and interviews implemented by a third party.• Analyze the Self-Evaluation and Third-Party Evaluation results, and confirm the status of improvement, compared with the previous fiscal year’s evaluation.• Share the results of the evaluation of effectiveness and deliberate the issues to be addressed at the Board of Directors’ meetings based on the results of the analysis.Evaluation resultsIt was confirmed that the Board of Directors continued to proactively hold effective discussions and implement creative initiatives to realize the medium- to long-term enhancement of corporate value and sustainable growth, and the effectiveness was sufficiently assured toward the achievement of the Long-Term Vision, with an eye on 2030 and the Medium-Term Management Plan from 2019.In particular, it was highly evaluated that the comments made by Outside Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members were fully respected, a climate was fostered in which constructive discussion and exchange of opinions were carried out, and the roles of Directors and the Board of Directors were clarified and shared. It was also confirmed that key issues regarding Yamaha Motor’s management strategy have been appropriately discussed.It was confirmed that there was no significant difference in theeffectiveness of the Board of Directors between the prior Self-Evaluation and the Third-Party Evaluation.We will continue to push ahead with improvement measures to address the issues highlighted based on the evaluation and implement creative initiatives to further improve effectiveness by regularly involving a third party in the evaluation process. Corporate Governance64Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Integrated Report 2020