Description:
Responsibilities
Provide directors with guidance in their duties, responsibilities and powers and make directors aware of all laws and regulations relevant to the company. This should include advice on business ethics and good governance.
The company secretary should remain abreast of developments in corporate governance and is pivotal to ensuring that the directors adhere to the highest governance standards.
Preparing the schedule of board and committee meetings for the year (corporate calendar). Review MOI and ensure in line with requirements.
Preparing the agendas for these meetings in conjunction with the chairperson and key executives.
Ensure that pack are sent out on time.
Takes the minutes of these meetings and should ensure that they are distributed as soon as possible thereafter to aid directors in implementing the decisions.
Ensure that the boards policies and instructions are communicated to the relevant persons in the company and that pertinent issues from management are referred back to the board where appropriate.
Play a key role in the induction process of new directors, encompassing both directors duties and responsibilities in general and specific matters pertaining to the company itself and the industry in which it operates. Provide new directors with an information pack relating to these issues.
Identify training requirements for inexperienced directors and should also ensure that there is an ongoing programme to keep directors well informed of developments in the company and in respect of matters relevant to their responsibilities generally.
Ensure that the directors and management operate within an authority framework approved by the board and reviewed and updated from time to time.
The company secretary takes responsibility for preparing all or parts of the annual report and ensuring that statutory deadlines are met and that the statutory and regulatory disclosures are validated, particularly in relation to statements given on corporate governance standards and practices in the company.
Ensure that appropriate guidance is given to the board in matters of conflict of interest.
The company secretary should ensure that the board and board committee charters and terms of reference are kept up to date
The company secretary should assist the board with the yearly evaluation of the board, its individual directors and senior management
Manage declarations:
Conflict of interest
ABC
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Training
Draft an annual board work plan.
The Company
Lodgement of all documents with CIPC and the maintenance and updating of the companys register of members.
The company secretary is responsible for ensuring compliance with the companys memorandum and articles of association and effecting any c
27 May 2022;
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