May 5, 2013
While technology has transformed many aspects of the company secretary role, fear not, you are not about to be replaced by a machine anytime soon. This month CSj looks at where automation is, and where it is most definitely not, prescribed for today’s tech savvy...
May 5, 2013
Compliance practitioners and company secretaries who have an influence over their organisation’s board communication practices will inevitably have considered the possibility of moving to a board portal platform. Board portals entail great potential for secure...
May 5, 2013
Boards of directors have been operating perfectly well for hundreds of years using paper board packs, so what can digital board – or meeting – packs delivered via a board portal do better? In an article published in The Sunday Times of London on 13 January...
May 5, 2013
As cultural homogenisation sweeps the planet, this month’s well travelled interviewee, Stuart Crosby, Chief Executive Officer, Computershare Ltd, warns against assuming that cultural differences have been laid to rest by globalisation – they still have the power...
May 5, 2013
In early 2008, when Zhardem Kurmangaziyev turned up for work as a corporate secretary of the Sustainable Development Fund Kazyna JSC, the HR department had never encountered a corporate secretary before and decided to list him as a manager in the legal department....
May 5, 2013
Are China’s three decades of impressive economic growth coming to an end? Is China going to succumb to the same malaise which has trapped Japan in a prolonged period of ultra-slow growth for the last two decades? Zhang Jun, Professor of Economics and Director of...
May 5, 2013
Q: My company’s annual general meeting (AGM) is scheduled to be held in June. If typhoon signal number eight is hoisted on the day of our AGM, what should we do? A: It is always recommended to have contingency plans in place for typhoons or adverse weather....
May 5, 2013
Automation – Meet the cyborg company secretary. Click the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
