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Marie Ross

Marie Ross

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Legal Director & Company Secretary

  • Education

    • University of Strathclyde

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      Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Dip LP Law

  • Experience

    • Scottish Milk Marketing Board

      Nov 1986 - Feb 1995
      Board Secretary

      - acted as Secretary and in-house counsel to the organisation - commercial contracts negotiation - managed the production of the annual report and accounts and the AGM - organised and directed the Press Office - managed relations with the organisation's members

    • Scottish Pride plc

      Feb 1995 - Mar 1997
      Company Secretary and Solicitor

      - acted as company secretary to Scottish Pride Holdings plc (AIM listed company) and a large number of subsidiary companies - managed legal and administrative arrangements for the Company's pension funds and acted as company secretary to the Pension Trust company - corporate governance compliance - data protection compliance - managed insurance portfolio for the Group - commercial contracts negotiation

    • Ignis Asset Management

      Mar 1997 - Sept 2005
      Deputy Company Secretary and Solicitor

      - acted as designated company secretary to three investment trusts - compliance with Disclosure and Transparency Rules for the investment trusts - compliance with statutory company secretarial filings for the investment trusts - legal and company secretarial input to corporate restructuring and corporate transaction projects - management of the insurance arrangements for the Group - data protection compliance - commercial contracts negotiation - development of the Group's corporate governance processes and procedures Show less

    • Scottish Widows

      Sept 2005 - Dec 2006
      Company Secretary and Solicitor

      - led the company secretarial team - acted as company secretary to Scottish Widows plc and the other trading companies in the Scottish Widows Group - acted as company secretary to the Board Committees including the Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Investment Committee - member of the Finance Committee - provided legal and company secretarial input to corporate restructuring projects - commercial contracts negotiation - acted as "Dawn Raid" Regulatory team leader

    • Scottish Power

      Oct 2007 - Jan 2011
      Legal Director, Corporate Services

      - led the corporate legal and company secretarial team - provided full range of company secretarial services for circa 90 companies within the Group - oversight of the Group's offshore companies - acted as secretary to the Executive Committee and the Audit and Compliance Committee - member of the Disclosure Committee - trustee of the Scottish Power Pension Scheme - management of the Corporate division's legal budget - commercial contracts negotiation for the Corporate division - provided legal advice to all Corporate division business functions - provided legal advice on corporate restructuring and UK mergers and acquisitions - corporate governance compliance for the Group - management of all litigated insurance claims - maintenance of the delegated authorities matrix for the Group - management of Corporate division's insurance portfolio - management of trade mark register for the Group Show less

    • Ogier Fiduciary Services (Guernsey) Limited (now Elian)

      Jan 2011 - Jun 2012
      Associate Director

      - acted as company secretary and in-house counsel to Ogier's companies domiciled in Guernsey - provided legal, regulatory and company secretarial services to client companies regulated by the Protection of Investors (POI) and the Licensed Fiduciaries Law - trained and mentored junior members of the Company Secretarial, Corporate Services and Fund Administration teams - conducted a regulatory gap analysis and implemented policies and procedures to ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements - led the Ogier Group corporate governance review project Show less

    • Maven Capital Partners UK LLP

      Jun 2012 - Jul 2015
      Company Secretary and Solicitor

      - led Maven's third party company secretarial and administration service - acted as designated company secretary for investment trusts and venture capital trusts (premium listed companies) - provided legal input to Maven fund raising initiatives - commercial contracts negotiation -provided legal advice in relation to Maven's operations

    • The Small Wave Company Limited

      Aug 2015 - now
      Director

      Provision of legal, corporate governance and company secretarial services on a consultancy basis

    • Gulf Keystone Petroleum

      Sept 2015 - Jun 2017
      Legal Director & Company Secretary

    • Just Group plc

      Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
      Interim Group Company Secretary (Projects)

    • IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

      May 2020 - Oct 2020
      Interim Deputy Company Secretary

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • BSI certificate Data Protection

      BSI