Canopius Group
Group Company Secretary
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Job Description
The Role
Canopius is a global specialty insurer and reinsurer with operations across multiple jurisdictions. The Group Company Secretary is responsible for leading the Company Secretariat function and ensuring the delivery of high-quality corporate governance, Board support, and statutory compliance across the Group.
Acting as a trusted advisor to the Board, Committees, and senior management, the role plays a key part in supporting effective decision-making, maintaining a robust governance framework, and enhancing governance standards across a complex, international structure.
The role requires strong judgement, the ability to operate confidently at Board level, and the leadership of a small Company Secretariat team to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
Board and Committee Governance
- Support the CGL Board and its principal Committees, providing clear and pragmatic governance advice
- Lead the planning and delivery of Board and Committee meetings, including agenda setting and forward planning
- Attend meetings and oversee the production of high-quality, Board-level minutes
- Ensure effective tracking and follow-up of actions and decisions
Group Governance Framework
- Own and develop the Group Corporate Governance Framework and supporting policies
- Ensure governance arrangements remain consistent, proportionate, and aligned across jurisdictions
- Provide advice on governance best practice and regulatory expectations
Board and Entity Coverage
- Direct responsibility for the CGL Board and Committees, FHL Board (Jersey), and key Asia entities
- Oversight of governance across the UK, US, and Bermuda through the team structure
Corporate Actions and Compliance
- Oversee statutory compliance across all Group entities, including filings and corporate records
- Lead key corporate actions including AGMs, dividends, restructurings, and director changes
- Support the preparation of governance disclosures for the Annual Report
Strategic Governance
- Lead Board and Committee effectiveness reviews and governance improvement initiatives
- Support director recruitment, induction, and ongoing development
- Provide governance input into strategic projects, transactions, and regulatory developments
Leadership
- Lead and develop the Company Secretariat team, setting clear direction and maintaining high standards
- Mentor junior team members, building capability and confidence
- Oversee delivery across entity management, filings, and governance processes
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Other Skills And Experience
- Extensive Group Company Secretary or Deputy Company Secretary experience
- Strong track record of supporting Boards within a regulated, multi-jurisdictional environment (ideally insurance)
- Deep understanding of corporate governance, company law, and regulatory frameworks
- Proven ability to operate at senior level with credibility and judgement
- Excellent communication, drafting, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- CGI qualified (ACG or equivalent)
Competencies
Leading Change
Plans, implements and embeds organisational changes across the region and guides stakeholders through changes to processes, technologies, systems, or strategies, ensuring changes are successful and well received.
Leading Teams
Motivates, guides and empowers others to collectively meet current and future business needs. Sets clear performance expectations and utilises team members’ capacity, skills and potential effectively.
Stakeholder engagement
Cultivates and maintains positive relationships with relevant internal or external stakeholders, effectively involving and communicating with them to drive collaboration, support, and alignment towards shared goals.
Collaboration And Teamwork
Works effectively with team, project or other work groups or those outside formal line of authority to accomplish goals. Actively participates as a member of a team; develops and builds cohesive team relations to produce required outputs; possesses knowledge and understanding of colleagues work.
Adapting To Change
Adjusts thoughts, feelings, and behaviours to handle new, challenging, or complex situations; embracing change as a growth opportunity when working within new work structures, processes, regulations, or requirements.
Continuous Improvement
Analyses current and future state business requirements and identify strategies to continuously improve products, services or processes. Guide and inspire others to achieve results to enhance efficiency, quality and consistency.
Innovation
Creates, develops and implements new ideas to enhance new or improved processes, systems, solutions, products or services; tries different and novel ways to deal with problems and opportunities.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Resilience
The ability to cope with and recover from setbacks, challenges or difficulty. Persevering even under pressure or crisis situations and uses ways that foster strength and growth, often emerging stronger than before.
Future Focused
Anticipates changes in regulations, technology and client needs, proactively responding to key trends happening in the industry. Thinks about the future through identifying opportunities and obstacles whilst planning effectively.
Our Benefits
ABOUT US
We offer all employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on their whole wellbeing. This includes hybrid working, a competitive base salary, non-contributory pension, discretionary bonus, insurances including health (family) and dental cover, and many other benefits to enhance financial, physical, social and psychological health.
About Canopius
Canopius is a global specialty lines (re)insurer. We are one of the leading insurers in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market with offices in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia and Bermuda.
At Canopius we foster a distinctive, positive culture which enables us to bring our whole selves to work to flourish as people, and build a business which delivers profitable, sustainable results.
Based in incredible new offices in the heart of the City of London, Canopius operates a flexible, hybrid working model and is committed to providing an environment that challenges employees to be their best and where everyone's unique contributions are recognised, valued and respected.
We are fully committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made regardless of age, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, religion or beliefs, marital or caring status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage and welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds.
We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Please let us know if you require any information in an alternate format or any other reasonable adjustments.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location