Company Secretary

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Full time

Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance
Shift Pattern:
Standard 40 Hour Week (United Kingdom)
B - Senior Vice President
UK Division) LME Legal & Company Secretariat
Permanent
The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear form the world centre for industrial metals trading and clearing, with the majority of all non-ferrous metal futures business transacted on our platforms. The metals community uses the LME and LME Clear platforms to transfer or take on price risk, for clearing and settlement services, as a physical market of last resort and as the provider of transparent global reference prices.
The LME Group Company Secretary role will fulfil the legal position of company secretary for both LME and LME Clear, two holding companies and any other companies which are created by the London Group from time to time. The LME Group Company Secretary will be responsible for the UK Group of Companies and oversee the Company Secretariat department to ensure it develops to meet the increased expectations of the department in terms of driving best practice in corporate governance.
Provide leadership and management oversight of the Company Secretariat team, providing clear guidance, support and development of the team driving a culture of high performance.
Assist HKEX with their listing company obligations and work closely with HKEX group secretarial function on the continuous enhancement of secretarial and governance practices across HKEX group
Clear and decisive ownership of all aspects of corporate governance
Management of Charity Committee and all related charity administration/arrangements
Companies House filings and overseas entity administration
Administration and filing of company agreements; B Share process owner (handling general enquiries for B shares, maintenance of B share transactions, ownership of B share scheme documentation, issuance of share certificates where appropriate)
Advise directors as required on their duties and to ensure compliance with corporate legislation and the memorandum and articles and other corporate documentation and legal requirements
Continually keeping up to date with developments in the corporate governance and company secretarial space and taking responsibility for education of the Board, the Executive Committees and other employees as required
Ad hoc project work
Proven track record of leadership within a high-pressure environment and of handling senior stakeholders including board directors, senior executives, shareholders and regulators;
Ability to rapidly build credibility and influence at senior levels.
Experience of working with Company Secretarial software e.g.: Understanding of private company requirements and ideally public company requirements as well (LME Group Companies are privately owned subsidiaries of a public company in Hong Kong, HKEX, so both are relevant)
Gravitas when interacting with senior leaders and the ability to present with confidence to senior stakeholders including the Board, Executive Committee and HKEX Group.
Excellent understanding of the regulations affecting companies and directors of companies in England and Wales and proactively keeps self, team and organization updated as to regulatory and corporate governance changes.
Ability to understand, anticipate and work with very senior stakeholders; In recruiting for our teams, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, expression and reassignment, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

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