CHAPTER SIX Role of the Company Secretary
Sheelagh Duffield and Gayle Watson
Introduction
It can be argued that in larger organisations, the person in the board room who should know most about the organisation’s governance is the company secretary. In some organisations this role is referred to as the board secretary, the clerk to the board, or charity secretary. In this chapter we will use company secretary but these other terms are inter-changeable. Whether dealing with internal processes and procedures or external legal or regulatory requirements, the company secretary fulfils an important role as the governance expert in the board room. It is widely recognised in every chapter of this book that the importance ...
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