Subject to the company's articles of association, the company may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to be a director. The board of directors also have the power at any time to appoint any person who is willing to act as a director.
In line with the UK Corporate Governance, at each annual general meeting every director shall retire from office and each retiring director may offer himself for re-appointment by the members. A director that is re-appointed will be treated as continuing in office without a break until the next annual general meeting where he shall again be eligible for re-election.
According to the articles of association, the board of directors may, but shall not be obliged to, establish before each annual general meeting an election committee consisting of the three largest shareholders on the date falling three months before the annual general meeting. The election committee may express in writing their preferences for the re-election or otherwise of directors at the relevant annual general meeting. In addition to any power of removal conferred by the UK Companies Act, the company may remove a director before the expiry of his period of office and appoint another person who is willing to act to be a director in his place.