Our client is a social enterprise set up in 2017 to help improve access to life-changing medical innovations at an affordable price. It now seeks an experienced company secretary to assist the General Counsel & COO and act as his right hand person – with the primary focus on attending/minuting all Board and Audit Committee Meetings. The Deputy Secretary attends and takes minutes at all Board meetings (four meetings a year) and Audit Committee meetings (also four a year), and associated preparation and follow up work. (OnBoard Meeting Software is used, the GC’s PA prepares the Board Packs/and handles associated meeting admin). The team are also currently carrying out a board effectiveness review which may require additional implementation work.
This is envisaged as a part time (0.5 days a week) role for someone to join them on a rolling, ongoing 12-month consultancy basis, so would be ideal for someone looking to add another client to their portfolio. Attend’ on the day would be virtual in more than half the cases (6 out of 8 meetings) since all Audit Committee meetings are virtual, so most of this can be handled wholly remotely, only 2 of the 4 annual Board meetings are in person. One is a full day meeting in the London office, another an offsite two-day meeting (which includes a Board Strategy Day), and the other two are held as virtual meetings.
This role would suit a candidate with a proven record acting as a Company Secretary, administrator or finance professional in a private or public company, with extensive Board Meeting experience.