Course Outline

The course will cover the following areas:

Company Secretary and the Board
- Relationship with the Board
- Directors
- Functions of the Board
Corporate Governance
- Aims of corporate governance
- Impact of the role of company secretary
- The history and importance of the role
- Principles
Meetings
- Purposes, Benefits and Problems
- Technicalities
- Planning and preparation
- Minutes and resolutions
Record Keeping
- Statutory Requirements
- Audit Trails
- Company Secretary's role in compliance
- Corporate Compliance
Share registration
- Share Certificates
- Transfers
- CREST
Regulation of Listed Companies
- Public v Private
- London Stock Exchange
- Insider Dealings
- Model code

Course Objectives

This course is aimed at those who are looking for an introduction to the role of the company secretary and its place in the effective running of an organisation.