Corporate Governance · glossary

Company Secretary

The officer who runs the board's procedure and keeps its records, but who is not a director. She keeps the minutes, the Conflicts Register, the Decision Log and the statutory registers, sends every notice and Board Pack, and certifies extracts. You are her assistant. Definition: Company Secretary · Charter §1.5 · Chapter 1 · Chapter 10

Explained in Chapter 1, What a Board Is For, of Corporate Governance.

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As defined in the training board charter
the person appointed by the Board as secretary of the Company, and any assistant company secretary acting in her absence.
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