Policy Associate
The FRC published a new UK Corporate Governance Code in 2024 and listed companies will produce the first annual reports following the new Code in 2026. In 2025 the FRC published a new Stewardship Code, with Stewardship Code signatories reporting against this Code from 2026 onwards.
This role is part of a dynamic team developing the FRC’s approach to corporate governance and stewardship, through monitoring, assessment and obtaining evidence to support policy development. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly on both corporate governance and stewardship matters.
The Role:
1. Detailed and comprehensive critical analysis of the quality of corporate governance reporting by UK listed companies, researching evidence and examples for the annual review of corporate governance reporting.
2. Drafting the annual UK corporate governance reporting review and producing high quality content on areas of expertise.
3. Promoting and supporting the Wates Governance Principles for Large Private Companies, providing analysis and developing policy.
4. Accurate and comprehensive analysis of the quality of reporting from asset managers, asset owners and service providers applying to become the signatories to the UK Stewardship Code.
5. Supporting the end to end assessment process for UK Stewardship Code applications.
6. Collecting eviden...