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Having worked at a FTSE 250 bank, and on investments trusts, I have valuable regulated entity experience with a good grasp of the UK Corporate Governance Code. I have experience with software such as Board Intelligence, Diligent, Board Vantage, Blueprint, Directors' Desk, GEMS and AdminControl. I am an articulate and dedicated individual with a Law degree and an LLM in International Commercial Law.

Having a keen interest in company law and governance led me to pursue work in corporate governance.

Assistant Company Secretary - BNP Paribas

(2024-05 - 2025-08)

Contracted to provide maternity cover to support the company secretarial team.

• Provided end to end support for several committee meetings.
• Minuted complex committee meetings.
• Prepared and reviewed committee board packs.
• Reviewed and drafted subsidiary company accounts.
• Updated team KPI spreadsheets to ensure targets were achieved.
• Supervised the work carried out by the administrative assistant to ensure stakeholder requirements were met.

Company Secretary - GAM Investments

(2023-03 - 2024-04)

Contracted as the sole UK Company Secretary to provide support to regulated entities and several other subsidiary boards.

• Minuted regulated board meetings.
• Prepared board packs.
• Supported the GAM Holding AG board meetings.
• Liaised with and advising Compliance on regulatory filings as and when needed.
• Provided information on KYC requests.
• Completed share allotments and all filings with Companies House.

Company Secretary - Link Group

(2021-12 - 2023-03)

Hired as client lead on investments trusts, responsible for providing senior oversight of junior members of the team, including managerial responsibilities, and for taking full ownership of all company secretarial requirements.

• Drafted and reviewed London Stock Exchange announcements.
• Arranged all company secretarial documents for share buybacks, treasury sales and share allotments including announcements, statutory filings and updating internal records.
• Made PDMR and all other announcements as required in line with the Listing rules.
• Reviewed and drafted minutes of regulated entities.
• Arranged AGMs from start to finish with ownership of all associated documentation such as Notice of Meetings, announcements, and minutes.
• Liaised with stakeholders, such as registrars, depositaries, external counsel and brokers.
• Advised board members of regulated entities on best practise and governance.
• Maintained and updated conflicts of interest registers.
• Drafted, and ownership of, annual reports and half year reports.
• Advised on, and implementation of, Market Abuse Regulations.

Company Secretarial Consultant - CME Group Inc.

(2019-09 - 2021-12)

Contracted to assist with integration matters, and to provide company secretarial services, following the acquisition of NEX Group PLC by CME Group Inc. CME Group Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is subject to the NASDAQ listing standards and is highly regulated by multiple regulators in several jurisdictions.

• Arranged director training and induction as well as advising directors on statutory duties.
• Led on Companies Miscellaneous Reporting Regulations including drafting of annual reports.
• Provided company secretarial support to APAC and EMEA entity boards such as arranging AGM documents and submission of statutory filings.
• Provided complete company secretarial support to entities regulated by the FCA, CFTC and AFM.
• Worked with Compliance to ensure FCA obligations including but not limited to fitness and propriety, and regulatory applications, were met.
• Arranged relevant information on entity level risks assessments depending on the nature, size, complexity and regulatory requirements of a given entity were incorporated in board papers.
• Advised boards on the group wide enterprise risk management framework.
• Ensured annual review of group policies was undertaken by boards of entities in scope.
• Managed KYC requests and answered ad hoc governance related queries.
• Completed transactional work relating to capital reductions, dividends and share allotments.
• Drafted the governance documents of regulated entities.
• Organised and completed integration work following the NEX acquisition.
• Responsible for the review and maintenance of all non-US entities in the group organogram.

Assistant Company Secretary - The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

(2018-10 - 2019-09)

Contracted to provide support to the EMEA company secretarial team with responsibility for entities covering both investment management and investment services.

• Prepared papers and attended meetings of the Executive Committee of the UK bank.
• Provided full board meeting support for investment services and investment management entities.
• Maintained and updated authorised signatory lists of all UK subsidiaries.
• Helped set up the governance structure for an asset management firm.
• Advised and trained junior members of the team as required.
• Project managed and presented new regulations to stakeholders and directors.
• Took ownership of two FCA regulated subsidiaries.
• Ensured statutory filings of all UK entities were submitted and completed on time.
• Liaised with relevant stakeholders for the submission of the payment practices report.

Company Secretarial Assistant - Shawbrook Group PLC

(2016-12 - 2018-09)

Joined the small company secretarial team of this FTSE 250 challenger bank with a lot of opportunity to get involved in all aspects of PLC work.

• Filed all confirmation statements of the subsidiaries.
• Made all relevant filings at Companies House for director appointments and resignations.
• Helped and assisted in the preparation of the AGM.
• Drafted sections of the annual report and ensured the corporate governance section of the website was updated as required.
• Helped to draft and review RNS announcements.
• Managed powers of attorney and signatories lists in line with the Delegated Authority Framework.
• Drafted and proofread legal documents such as Powers of Attorney and NDAs.
• Provided company secretarial support to the Acquisitions and Divestment Committee meetings chaired by the Chairman of the PLC board.
• Ensured compliance with Market Abuse Regulation.
• Was responsible for the review and maintenance of legal entity structure charts.
• Arranged comprehensive director inductions.
• Drafted company secretarial report for the papers of the PLC board meetings.
• Maintained and updated insider lists and conflicts registers.
• Prepared controllers and close links documents for submission to the FCA.

Practice Administrator - Central Stress Management

(2016-04 - 2016-11)

Hired as administrator to work with six consultant psychiatrists at this private healthcare practice. Drafted and proofread medico-legal reports and provided general admin support. Left to pursue corporate governance work.

Andrology Administrator - The Doctors Laboratory

(2014-05 - 2016-05)

Travelling and Studying Part-time

(2013-05 - 2014-04)

Administrator - London Metropolitan University

(2012-11 - 2013-04)

Admissions Assistant - London Metropolitan University

(2011-08 - 2012-09)

Travelling and Studying Part-time

(2010-06 - 2011-07)

PA to CEO - Techdrill International

(2009-10 - 2010-06)

Administrator - Career Legal

(2008-11 - 2009-04)

Department Administrator - Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

(2006-01 - 2008-05)

LLM - International Commercial Law Dispute Resolution - Westminster University (2017)

BA honours - Law - London Metropolitan University (2012)

A Levels - Psychology, English Literature, Urdu and Classical Civilisation - Valentines Sixth Form

GCSEs - Valentines High School