acting as a first point of contact for callers, dealing with emails and phone calls by responding, passing on messages or highlighting them for their managers attention managing diaries and organising meetings and appointments, often controlling access to the manager/executive booking and arranging travel, transport and accommodation organising events and conferences reminding the manager/executive of important tasks and deadlines typing, compiling and preparing reports, presentations and correspondence managing databases and filing systems implementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systems liaising with staff, suppliers and clients collating and filing expenses miscellaneous tasks to support their manager, which will vary according to the sector and to the managers remit, eg completing some corporate governance reporting (to ensure that the business is being run properly and complying with legislation and regulations) or conducting research.

1. Convening and providing administration for annual general meetings (AGMs): for example, producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions and handling meeting correspondence. 2. Providing legal, financial and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings. 3. Advising directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters. 4. Keeping up to date with regulatory or statutory changes and policies that might affect the organisation. 5. Ensuring that policies are up to date and are approved. 6. Communicating with external professionals involved in corporate governance, such as auditors. 7. In public companies, acting as a point of contact and building good relationships with shareholders. 8. Implementing processes or systems to help ensure good management of the organisation or compliance with legislation.

acting as a first point of contact for callers, dealing with emails and phone calls by responding, passing on messages or highlighting them for their managers attention managing diaries and organising meetings and appointments, often controlling access to the manager/executive booking and arranging travel, transport and accommodation organising events and conferences reminding the manager/executive of important tasks and deadlines typing, compiling and preparing reports, presentations and correspondence managing databases and filing systems implementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systems liaising with staff, suppliers and clients collating and filing expenses miscellaneous tasks to support their manager, which will vary according to the sector and to the managers remit, eg completing some corporate governance reporting (to ensure that the business is being run properly and complying with legislation and regulations) or conducting research.