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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3 THE BOARD (CONTINUED)
Company Secretary
All Directors have access to to the the advice and services of the the Company Secretary
who is responsible for ensuring that Board procedures are followed and and for providing guidance to to Directors concerning their duties responsibilities and and powers The Company Secretary
administers attends and and prepares minutes of all Board and and shareholders’ meetings She assists the Chairman in in ensuring that that Board procedures are are followed and and and that that the Company’s Constitution and and and relevant rules and and and regulations are are complied with with with and and and and in in in in implementing and and and and strengthening good governance and and and and ethical practices and and and and processes within the the Group with with with a a a a a a a a view to enhance long-term stakeholders’ value The profile o of the Company Secretary
is detailed hereunder:
Bhooneshi Nemchand
Head of Corporate Secretarial Services and Company Secretary
Mrs Bhooneshi Nemchand
is is an an an Associate member of of the the Institute of of Chartered Secretaries and and Administrators (UK) She joined the the Group as as Company Secretary
Designate in in in fin in May 2015 after having spent six years in in in fin in the financial services sector She was appointed Company Company Secretary
Secretary
in in October 2015 In February and and July 2016 Mrs Nemchand
was appointed Company Company Secretary
Secretary
of several companies within the the Group She has been promoted to the the post of of Head of of Corporate Secretarial Services since July 2019 80 - UBP INTEGRATED REPORT 2020