It’s reasonable to consider the UK Corporate Governance Code the most widely-respected governance guidance in the world. It receives a strong run for its money from South Africa’s King I, II, III and IV but, for a variety of reasons, the UK Code is pre-eminent. Many Codes around the world have used the UK Code
How can company secretaries transition from being invisible to becoming indispensable? This was the question posed by Claire Davies, Group Secretary at Barclays, speaking to a group of company secretaries and governance professionals at the most recent Leadership Development Programme dinner. As one of the UK’s most experienced company secretaries – in a career encompassing
This was one of the themes that emerged as Penny Thomas, Company Secretary at Shaftesbury PLC, spoke at the latest networking dinner of the Leadership Development Programme for Company Secretaries. Company secretaries putting themselves first is not a message we often hear, or are prepared to promote. The term company secretary derives from the concept of
