Company Administration: essential skills deep dive

Description

This webinar will provide a focused exploration of essential company administration skills, combining theoretical principles and practical applications. Participants will learn about key topics such as the features of a company, the veil of incorporation, company formation, statutory records, and dissolution. Practical insights will include directors’ duties, members’ rights, capital adequacy, and strategic uses of companies. The session will also cover effective management and control, including offshore considerations. Designed for professionals, this webinar offers valuable knowledge to navigate both the foundational and operational aspects of company administration confidently.


Content

  • Company Administration Essentials Part 1 (Theory)

    • Features of a company

    • The veil of incorporation and how it may be lifted

    • Company formation and constitution

    • Company records and statutory disclosures

    • Dissolution and liquidation

 

  • Company Administration Essentials Part 2 (Practice)

    • Directors’ duties, liabilities and powers

    • Members powers and rights

    • Capital adequacy

    • Uses of a company

    • Demonstrating effective management and control; offshore

 

Presenter

Jo French

Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Jo French 

Jo, through her company JETT Limited, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years’ experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University’s BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty. 

In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association’s full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo’s ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the  November 2021 exams. 

A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.