Company Secretary

About the role

• 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.
• Convene and service AGMs, take minutes, draft resolutions, and lodge required forms and annual returns with appropriate departments.
• Provide legal, financial, and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.
• Ensure policies, regulatory, or statutory changes that might affect the organization are up to date and approved by the committee.
• Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries.
• Handle correspondence, collate information, write reports and communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders.
• Liaise with external regulators and advisers such as lawyers and auditors.
• Implement processes or systems to ensure good management of the organization.
• Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.
• Pay dividends to shareholders and manage share option schemes opted by various shareholders.
• Take an active role and provide valuable input to the management decisions related to sharing issues, mergers, and takeovers.
• Monitor the administration of the company’s pension scheme.
• Manage contractual agreements with suppliers and customers.
• Manage the office space and deal with personnel administration and company/staff insurance policies.
• Drive PR activities related to aspects of financial management.

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