Boardroom Best Practice for Company Secretaries

Professional Development

Overview

This course will give you an overview of decision making best practice, the need for and content requirement for minutes and an introduction to Board Authorised signatories and how they relate to Board oversight. Here is an opportunity to see quick wins in terms of adding value to an organisation from the Company Secretary perspective.

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.

23 Jun 2025    View session times
23 Jun 2025    12:30 - 13:30
1 CPD hours
1 hour
Online Classroom Live
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Boardroom Best Practice for Company Secretaries

Date: 23 Jun 2025
Time: 12:30 - 13:30

Cost: GBP 70

Course content

  • Structuring and running effective board meetings
    • Confidentiality
    • Consensus
  • Boardroom Dynamics – supporting the Chair
  • Boardroom Dynamics – improving effectiveness
  • Conflicts of Interest – review of 4 types of conflicts
  • Board decisions
    • if there isn’t enough information, what are your options
  • Board minutes
    • Different jurisdictions have different requirements and practices – make sure you are doing best practice for the jurisdiction and type of entity
    • Is there a difference for regulated entity versus private company, for example?
    • Minimum content

Learning outcomes

Having attended this course, delegates will have a good understanding of:

  • Making good Board decisions
  • What level of detail for Board minutes is required

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.