United Kingdom
Company secretary and solicitor with over 20 years experience of corporate governance and statutory compliance for FTSE 100 companies and their subsidiaries. Experienced at building and developing teams. Specialities: UK company law, UK Listing Rules, Disclosure and Transparency Rules, UK Corporate Governance Code, NASDAQ and NYSE listing requirements, board support, shareholder relations, non-financial reporting.
Responsible for the management of all corporate secretariat operations to ensure best practice governance and compliance for Vodafone Group Plc and its subsidiaries, in particular ensuring that obligations under the Listing Rules, Disclosure and Transparency Rules, UK Corporate Governance Code and the Companies Act are met.
Key responsibilities included provision of advice to the business and the Vodafone Group Plc board in relation to companies act and listing regime compliance, review of financial results materials and the annual report, preparation of AGM documentation, drafting stock exchange announcements and responding to FRC and GC100 consultation papers.
Key responsibilities included being on a number of deal teams on M&A transactions, implementation of intra-group reorganisations and drafting papers for the board and its committees to provide guidance on new legislation.
Mergers and acquisitions and general corporate advisory work. Key member of the Vodafone and GUS deal teams.
Training was focused on corporate and finance work and included a secondment to JP Morgan and a secondment to the Linklaters' Singapore office.