QuickLogic Corporate Governance
The board of directors and management of QuickLogic believe that good corporate governance is an important element to ensure that QuickLogic is managed for the long-term benefit of our stockholders. Our board of directors has adopted a code of conduct and ethics and charters for each standing board committee to assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities to stockholders and to our employees, customers, suppliers, and the local communities in which we operate.
Board Composition and Leadership
It is the policy of our board of directors that a majority of its members be independent. Currently, five of the six QuickLogic directors meet the standards for independence as defined by applicable law and the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Our independent directors hold executive sessions without management present at each regular meeting of the board of directors. E. Thomas Hart is our President, CEO, and Chairman of the board of directors. The board of directors has standing audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees.