Head of Company Secretary

Company Profile
CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm with more than 75,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included in the Fortune 500 since 2008. It also has been voted the industry's top brand by the Lipsey Company for 16 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" in the real estate sector for five years in a row.

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) is a division of CBRE which supports occupier clients of all sizes, through facilities management, project management, advisory and transaction services across the globe.

Head of Company Secretary
CBRE requires a business focussed Head of Company Secretary to support its Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Data Centres and Local Facilities Management Divisions in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. The role reports to the Head of legal for GWS for Data Centres (Globally) and Local Facilities Management Divisions (EMEA).
The role entails a full range of legal, risk and governance issues which affect and are integral to facilities management and project services contracts within the region.

Responsibilities
– Work with Head of Legal on strategy and global initiatives
– Company secretarial and governance strategy and team leadership
– EMEA executive reporting on entity governance
– Set up of entity Governance programme of trainings, comms, guide notes etc
– Entity governance framework, handbook and practices
– Ensure consistent adherence to governance and reporting as well as consolidate regional reporting into quality single source of information for global leadership
– Drive continues improvement, develop and implement the function's strategy
– Promote culture of compliance and good governance
– Highlight Legal aspects of corporate transactions
– Management and reporting, leadership up to completion
– Maintain relationship with law firms managing corporate projects for CBRE