Company Secretary Practical Tips
Professional Development
Overview
This course will give you a better understanding of the role of the Company Secretary together with some practical tips to provide an idea of best practice and ways to add value to your organisation. Take advantage of years of company secretary experience to glean ways to make the role more interesting and impactful to the Chair and the Board, improving governance for the organisation.
Delivery
This course will be delivered through Microsoft Teams
Suitable For
New and experienced Company Secretaries, paralegals, company directors and administrators who look after the statutory filings for their companies. Whether you are looking to move into a Company Secretary role or are currently in one and are looking for ways to streamline the process, this programme will provide lots of practical examples for you.
Company Secretary Practical Tips
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Cost: GBP 70
Course content
- What is a company secretary? Legal definition vs practical reality
- Supporting the Chair & Directors
- Streamlining Board Pack preparation
- Managing board meetings
- Preparing the Chair for a meeting
- Helping Chair a meeting
- Boardroom dynamics – the soft skills
- Practical steps to help with regulatory liaison
Learning outcomes
Having attended this course, delegates will:
- Have a clearer understanding of the breadth and depth of knowledge that a company secretary requires
- Have a list of practical hints and tips to help with the role
- Understand how the company secretary supports the statutory and regulatory requirements of the company
Meet the tutor
Heather-Anne Hubbell
Heather-Anne Hubbell is a tax and risk specialist with an extensive legacy in financial services, strategic planning and governance who designs and delivers directors and company secretary training based on her experience as a director and company secretary and on working with global financial institutions and their directors’ responsibilities.
She has an LLB from Western Ontario and an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.
Heather-Anne now provides risk, governance and strategic transformation services to a range of international clients, as well as running a number of businesses in the UK and Channel Islands.