CMA workshop on ‘Company Secretarial Practice’ on 25-26 Jan.

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The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) will conduct a workshop on ‘Company Secretarial Practice’ on 25 and 26 January 2018 from 9.00am – 4.30pm at the Renuka City Hotel, Colombo -3.

This course is designed to be highly interactive and emphasis will be placed on participatory learning through lectures, discussions, case study analysis etc.

The resource persons at the workshop will be Rajanie Balakrishnan, FCIS (UK], Dayani De Silva, FCIS (UK) and Bentley Barsenbach, FCIS (UK) who have proven practical and theoretical exposure to Company Secretarial Practices with long years of experience and knowledge on the new changes that have taken place in Sri Lanka and globally.

The program starts with a look at the statutory role and core duties of the Company Secretary, moving on to explore the Secretary’s work in such key areas as working with the Board of Directors, its various committees; compliance with the listing, disclosure and transparency rules; regulation and best practice in corporate governance; compliance with CBSL regulations for Banks and Finance Companies, share plans and other executive incentives; managing investor relations and year-end matters.

The course takes an in-depth look at Corporate Secretarial Practices; Formation of Companies and ROC formalities; Fundamentals of Articles of Association; Meetings & Resolutions; Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities; Annual Report Writing; CSE Listing Rules; Regulatory Fundamentals of Company Secretaries; Corporate governance role of the Company Secretary; Board meetings and the Fundamentals of Minutes Writing and Case Study Analysis etc.,

The participants of this course will acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge in the fundamentals of Corporate Secretaryship thus being able to carry out a Secretary’s duties both confidently and effectively.

This program is meant for Company Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries, Lawyers, Finance Managers, Accountants and other Managers and Executives who have the relevant qualifications to practice as company secretary.

Those who wish to attend are requested to contact Shanthi on 071 4705536 or e-mail: [email protected] or before Wednesday, 24th January 2018. Registration is limited and will be on first come first served basis.