This article covers how a director is appointed in a company, reasons for adding or changing directors and the documents required for director appointment. Section 165(1) of the Act states that a person can hold the office of director simultaneously in 20 companies.(3) A motion for approving a person for appointment, or for nominating a person for appointment as a director, shall be treated as a motion for his appointment. Appointment of Director in a Company shall be pursuant to provisions of Companies Act, 2013. Update the company website. A person can be appointed to fill the casual vacancy subject to AOA of the company. Director or a committee of directors of a company shall not-. (a) fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditors;. The Companies Act, 2013 lays out the process for appointing the first directors of a company in Section 152. A 'director,' according to Section 2(34) of the Companies Act of 2013, is a director appointed to a company's Board of Directors.