Roles and Responsibilities
As a company secretory, you'll need to:
Report to the chairman and often liaise with board members
Prepare agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and annual general meetings (AGMs) and follow up on action points
Take minutes, draft resolutions, and lodge required forms and annual returns.
Ensure policies are kept up to date and approved by the committee
Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries
Deal with correspondence, collate information and write reports, communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders
Contribute to meeting discussions, and when required advise members of the legal, governance, accounting and tax departments of the implications of proposed policies
Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and take appropriate action
Liaise with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors
Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements
Pay dividends and manage share option schemes and take a role in share issues, mergers and takeovers
Maintain the register of shareholders and monitor changes in share ownership of the company - in a publicly listed company
Convening and servicing annual general meetings(AGMs/meetigs (producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions, handling meeting correspondence and so on)
Providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.
Training directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters
Keeping up to date with any regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organization.
Ensuring that policies are up to date and approved.
Proving support to the board or other committees on specific projects.
Required Skills
Good verbal and written communication skills
Interpersonal skills a