Job vacancy Company Secretary

Company secretaries are typically responsible for: convening and providing administration for annual general meetings (AGMs): for example, producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions and handling meeting correspondence. providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.

Responsible for:

convening and providing administration for annual general meetings (AGMs): for example, producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions and handling meeting correspondence.
providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.
advising directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters.
keeping up to date with regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organisation.
ensuring that policies are up to date and are approved.
communicating with external professionals involved in corporate governance, such as auditors.
in public companies, acting as a point of contact and building good relationships with shareholders.
implementing processes or systems to help ensure good management of the organisation or compliance with legislation.

The secretary must be a natural person
of full age and capacity;
be ordinarily resident in Mauritius;
have consented to act as secretary; and
have the relevant qualification.
(a) a law practitioner, a legal consultant, a law firm, a member of one of the bodies referred to in section 198(1);, a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of the United Kingdom or a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of United Kingdom; or

(b) a member of a professional association of company secretaries approved by the Minister under section 111(2) of the Companies Act 1984 or by the Minister under subsection (2).