AVP Company Secretary

Job Description

About Us

Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.

Our EVP

At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand—because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.

Job Purpose

• Deputy Company Secretary (Associate VP) will act as the Governance champion and be accountable to SVP Legal & Company Secretary in performing the Company Secretarial role for the Group companies across c.20 jurisdictions in the Middle East and Africa regions where the Group has its entities
• Act as the Company Secretary of Group companies and attend, conduct and take minutes of the Board, Committee and General Meetings, coordinating with external company secretaries wherever they have been appointed
  
  

• Perform Company Secretarial role for the Group companies, as required from time to time, across jurisdictions in Middle East and Africa
• Arrange for Board and Committee meetings, review, finalise and issue agenda packs, attend and prepare accurate minutes for the Board and Committee meetings
• Ensure maintenance of and where required, maintain statutory records for all group companies
• Monitor corporate governance requirements across jurisdictions in Middle East and Africa
• Provide support in merger and acquisition process as required
• Act as the central internal point of contact for Group’s corporate information KYC requests
• Collaborate with external advisors as and when such as need arise.
• Perform in-depth review of contracts and comments from external parties during negotiations
• Incorporating, managing companies and adherence to company law of countries in Middle East and Africa regions
• Acting as a senior member of the team, providing contracting advice to the senior executives while having high level responsibilities including governance structures and mechanism, corporate conduct within regulatory environment, and regulatory requirements
  
  

• A UK Solicitor from a common law jurisdiction. A Company Secretary qualification would be an added advantage
  
  

• 12-15 years of relevant post-qualification experience
• Hands-on in Governance and company secretarial matters, experience in Middle East and Africa would be a great advantage
• Excellent interpersonal and drafting skills
• Experience in independent review and finalisation of contracts and agreements
  
  

• Expert knowledge of corporate and commercial laws, including Intellectual property law
• Excellent in task planning and organizing
• Good knowledge of Legal procedures and provisions
• Fluent in English. Knowledge of Arabic would be an added advantage
• Ability and maturity to deal with external independent directors and senior team members within the Group and to independently organise and conduct Board and Committee meetings
• Ability to efficiently handle multiple assignments across different jurisdictions