Corporate Governance comes naturally to the team at The Directors’ Office. The team is comprised of independent individuals with international backgrounds and experience of senior roles in a range of organisations. We look at how this astonishing team has been able to support businesses around the world, ensuring that companies run in the efficient and effective ways that breed success. The Directors’ Office is a veritable melting pot of experience, information and skills with Partners that are drawn from a range of different nationalities and backgrounds. Currently, the team numbers eighteen, all of whom have worked internationally in senior roles for many years. The firmwas founded in 2003, building a collegiate of independent directors who serve on a variety of governing boards including investment funds, management companies, corporates and not-for- profit entities. This means that the team is able to cover an impressive range of industries, with their professional experience including audit, accounting, banking, investment management, operations, law, logistics, regulation and stock exchanges. While this team of knowledgeable professionals obviously brings a long and broad history of experience to the table, the overriding element is that of governance. When the founding partners of The Directors’ Offices considered the role they could play in a business, they saw that independent, non-executive directors (NEDs) were crucial in the proper management of companies, funds or corporates. The importance of NEDs joining boards was seen as a key diversifier, link to Luxembourg service providers and the Regulator, and in the best interest of the shareholders. Certainly, the team at The Directors’ Office hope that they have contributed to this change. Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance Support 2020 Sep20653 All Partners of The Directors’ Office adhere to a Code of Conduct that not only sets out their behaviour towards each other, but also aims to bring those best practices to the boards they sit on. The support functions and infrastructure that are at the team’s disposal is unique and unprecedented. This includes fully furnished office facilities with PFS-supported IT infrastructure, but also access to legal and compliance support, secretarial and accounting support and, just as important as these material elements, each other. The collegiate shares information and experience on an ongoing basis, formal and informal, keeping each other up to speed not just on regulations and best practices, but also issues, problems or crises Partners may face in their day-to-day lives that may benefit others. In addition to the Code, The Directors’ Office have an ESG policy that sets a level of expectation and, again, aims to bring that approach to the boards the team sit on. Representatives of The Directors’ Office frequently liaise with the Regulator to discuss issues of mutual interest. As the Partners represent a large number of mostly international clients, the team’s valuable feedback and constructive critique is usually well received. At the end of the day, The Directors’ Office strongly believes that the best interests of their ultimate beneficiaries, whether they’re shareholders or investors, should be at the centre of any director’s attention, along with an appropriate dose of consideration for the environment, social and governance elements. The teamwill continue to push, wherever they can, for adoption of the highest standards of conduct and implementation of best practices. This award from Corporate Vision is not just recognition for their long history of exceptional work, but a driver for future success. Company: The Directors’ Office Contact: Carlo Montagna Web Address: www.thedirectorsoffice.com Email:
[email protected] The firm was founded in 2003, building a collegiate of independent directors who serve on a variety of governing boards including investment funds, management companies, corporates and not-for-profit entities.