CRAFTY LEARNS
Governance - How to work effectively with your Board from the Governance seat
Facilitated by Pinsent Masons:
- Gary Gray, Legal Director – Co Sec Services (Gary.Gray@pinsentmasons.com)
- Walter Clark, Partner (walter.clark@pinsentmasons.com)
What do boards want from their Company Secretary?
- Calm advice
- Simple solutions
- Clarity
- Risk based approach to advice
- Efficient updates to give comfort they have sufficient oversight
What do boards not want from their Company Secretary?
- Surprises
- Things not organised
- Things coming onto the agenda they didn't know about
- Shockers re directors' terms and succession planning
- Things will always come up but help them navigate it
The top three things that attendees should take away from the session:
- Trust - Build trust through effective communication between the board and company secretary
- AI in the Boardroom - Use AI as a tool to support the role, rather than be concerned about AI replacing the company secretary in the board room
Respond effectively to Board queries
Consider techniques for handling on-the-spot questions with confidence.
When to say "I'll come back to you" - and how to follow up.
Create briefing notes and FAQs to pre-empty common queries.
Use dashboards and data visualisation to support responses.
If you want to learn more about this topic, here are some additional resources:
- View the Pinsent Masons' Company Secretary brochure