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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Corporate Governance.................................................................................................................3
Corporate Social Responsibility..................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................11

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Executive Summary
The purpose of the report is to present an outline of the current structure of the Board of directors
of Appen Ltd with proper evaluation of such structure following recommended guidelines of
good corporate governance. Good corporate governance deals with showing the roles of the
Board, management, and shareholders, including their association with each other and other
stakeholders. In addition, compensation package for CEO of Appen and top executives has been
discussed in the report with an evaluation of its effectiveness in giving total returns to
shareholders. The Appen Company is exposed to risk elements that is specific to the operations
of its business such as economic risks, Social sustainability and Environmental risks which are
covered in the report along with strategies to manage these risks. The challenges which are faced
by Appen in terms of corporate governance such as Conflicts of interest, Transparency, and
Ethics violations are also discussed in the report, including an analysis of risk management by
the Board of directors to ensure proper implementation of risk management strategy and polices.
The summary of the corporate social responsibility program of the Company focusing on
commitment towards the environment, its employees, customers, group, and other stakeholders
have been discussed below, including adequacy of its corporate social responsibility.

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Introduction
Appen is a world-wide emerging power showing development of datasets of high-quality
for artificial intelligence and machine learning. The primary service of Appen is figuring out data
that big companies use to develop their technology. The Company is indulged in strengthening
its position in a superior expansion of the machine learning program and artificial intelligence
market. A good corporate governance deals with showing the roles of the Board, management
and shareholders including their association with each other and other stakeholders (Manurung et
al. 2017). In the report, the structure of the Board of Directors has been specified who aims to
consider the interests of all of the members of the Company including stakeholders such as
customers, employees, suppliers and the group in which the Company operates contributing in an
optimal and meaningful way to establish a value of long-term.
Discussion
Corporate Governance
An outline of the current structure of the Board of directors of Appen Ltd with proper
evaluation of such structure following recommended guidelines of good corporate
governance
The structure of Appen depicts that the minimum number of directors will be three, and
the maximum number should be seven directors. The Board includes one executive director with
six non-executive directors. The current structure of the Board of directors are as following:
 Mr. Chris Vonwiller (Chairperson), (appointed 14 August 2009)
 Mr Mark Brayan (Managing Director and CEO), (appointed 13 July 2015)
 Mr Steve Hasker (Non-executive Director), (appointed 7 April 2015)