The role of the company secretary lands itself in Parliament

At the House of Commons earlier this week, a new report which examines the role the company secretary can play in ensuring effective corporate governance was launched .

The report, which is entitled " Elevating the Role of the company secretary", was compiled by Lintstock for the All Party Parliamentary Corporate Governance Group, and is the result of extensive research including questionnaires and interviews with 252 Board Directors and 166 Company Secretaries.

There were several key findings included in the report that profile the role of company secretary as an increasingly important one. Many of the respondents agreed that the current focus on corporate governance gave the profession an opportunity to "step up to the plate" ... READ MORE

Released by ICSA Newswire - 25 May 2012