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The London Metal Exchange is the world centre for industrial metals trading. Most of the world’s global non-ferrous futures business is conducted on the LME’s three trading platforms totalling $15.6 trillion, 145 million lots and 3.3 billion tonnes in 2021.

Participants can transfer or take on price risk against aluminium, copper, nickel, tin, zinc, lead, molybdenum, cobalt, steel scrap, rebar and hot-rolled coil, aluminium premiums and alloys, as well as our suite of gold and silver contracts, LMEprecious.

In December 2021, approximately 1.4 million tonnes of material were held on LME warrant in more than 570 storage facilities in 14 countries across 32 global locations.

The LME is a member of HKEX Group.

The LME Company Secretarial Department is responsible for the promotion of effective and consistent governance of LME Group companies. This includes the provision of governance support to certain LME advisory forums (including the LME User Committee and other committees established by the LME to represent the interests of producers and other users of various metals traded on the exchange).

In order that the Company Secretarial Department can continue to discharge its responsibilities effectively, the team is seeking to recruit a Company Secretarial Assistant, to be based in the LME's head office in London. This role is suited to individuals who are in the earlier stages of their Company Secretarial careers, and are looking for an opportunity to develop company secretarial and governance expertise in a highly regulated financial services context.

Role Description

The focus of the role is the management of company secretarial and corporate governance affairs of companies within the LME Group. This includes (but is not limited to) the following:

• Managing the operation of a portfolio of LME advisory and Board committees, including the facilitation of committee meetings, onboarding of committee members and provision of corporate governance advice on committee-related matters;
• Assisting with the preparation, collation and distribution of materials for LME and LME Clear boards, board committee and senior executive meetings;
• Managing routine company secretarial statutory compliance for LME Group companies (including the oversight of compliance with overseas filing requirements, where applicable);
• Maintenance of LME and LME Clear corporate statutory and regulatory records;
• Delivering corporate governance enhancements in line with regulatory expectations and LME Group internal requirements; and
• Assisting on a wide range of company secretarial activities, including HKEX and external shareholder enquiries, officer changes and board/committee operations.
• Assisting the Company Secretary in governance related projects.

Academic and Professional Qualifications Required

• Excellent academics; and
• A commitment to pursue and complete the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme within 3 years. Sponsorship will be available (subject to terms). Preference will be given to candidates who can demonstrate progress made towards achieving the qualification.

Essential Knowledge and Experience

• 3-7 years of previous company secretarial experience, preferably gained in a professional services or regulated environment;
• As the role involves the management of a portfolio of committees, some experience in writing minutes of formal governance forums is required;
• Good knowledge of entity management applications (e.g. Diligent Entities);
• An interest in corporate governance, law, business and finance;
• Computer literacy (including Microsoft Office applications), with an aptitude to learn and adapt to new technology.

Essential Skills and Personal Qualities

• Growth mindset, based on a commitment to continuous improvement;
• Emotional intelligence, with an ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Strong written and verbal skills;
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented, with a keen sense of ownership;
• Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload;
• Good judgement, tact and discretion;
• Balanced, measured and adaptable;
• Well-organised and confident; and
• Impeccable integrity.

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