Manager, Board Secretariat at African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Job Responsibilities

• To prepare notices, agenda and other relevant documents for the convening of Board Meetings, General Meetings (Annual and Extra-Ordinary) and various Board Committee Meetings for the Bank and its subsidiaries within the required timelines;
• To draft accurate minutes of the Boards and Board Committees of the Bank and its subsidiaries, and all General Meetings of shareholders within the required timelines;
• To ensure preparation, maintenance and updating of various statutory records and documents as applicable under the Bank’s Treaty and Charter documents and constitutive documents of its subsidiaries;
• Assisting in the preparation of the appropriate Corporate Governance codes and preparing and maintaining the relevant documentation for their implementation;
• Assist in the preparation of the Bank’s various reports and publications such Annual Reports, by providing the relevant data in corporate governance related areas;
• To facilitate the audit of statutory and Secretarial records by the Bank’s auditors, and to handle due diligence of records by external parties (e.g. rating agencies);
• Providing advice on international best practice corporate governance principles and their application as may be required for the operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries;
• Support the Board Secretariat and the President in facilitating and managing interaction with various shareholders and Board members;
• Provide professional assistance and advice in the issuance of shares and other equity instruments and the various compliance requirements related to the process;
• Ensure adequate preparations are in place and required assistance provided for the management of elections for office bearers at all General Meetings in accordance with the Bank’s relevant instruments; and
• Any other duties as may be assigned by Senior Management.

Requirements - Qualification and Skill

• Post graduate degree in Law from a recognized University and a Diploma in Legal Practice of a recognized Bar Course or Certified Membership in ICSA;
• Professional company secretarial practice and experience of not less than 8 years, with particular emphasis on the financial services industry, is essential.  Experience in handling secretarial matters related to multilateral or international organisations will be an advantage;
• Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of best practice corporate governance practices in Africa;
• Ability to interact with senior officials of banks, corporates and governments and to present required advice on various secretariat related issues to the Bank's senior management and the Board;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and working knowledge of French or vice versa. Knowledge of the Bank's other working languages is an added advantage (Arabic and Portuguese);
• Strong skills in drafting a variety of legal/secretarial documents and communicating complex issues clearly and concisely;
• Familiarity with trade and project finance issues, treasury issues and transnational transactions is desirable;
• Ability to speedily grasp the essence, content and implications of the Bank’s constitutive documents in order to be able to provide advice on them;
• Negotiating skills and capacity to work with other professionals to develop innovative solutions to conflicting interests and positions; and
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including ability to organize and manage human resources to attain goals.

Contractual information:

• Permanent
• Willing and able to relocate to Cairo
• Suitably qualified candidates from all African nationalities are encouraged to apply