Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer

Location: Plattekloof, Cape Town

We are seeking an experienced and highly professional Company Secretary to join our leadership team and play a critical role in ensuring robust corporate governance, legal compliance, and board effectiveness. This role is central to supporting the board of directors and executive management in meeting their statutory and fiduciary responsibilities in accordance with the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008, the King IV Report on Corporate Governance, and other applicable South African regulatory frameworks.

The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of statutory compliance, coordinate and manage board, committee, and shareholder meetings, maintain accurate governance records, and serve as a key liaison between the company, its board, shareholders, and regulatory bodies such as the CIPC, FSCA, and the JSE (where applicable).

Key Responsibilities:

• Performing the day-to-day duties of the company secretarial function, e.g. maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries, organising board meetings and AGMs, preparing agendas and taking detailed minutes
• Ensuring the Board Charter, Board and its committees’ Terms of Reference and Workplans are re-viewed annually
• Ensuring the directors and management operate within an authority framework approved by the board and reviewed and updated from time to time
• Ensuring that the Company and Group complies with JSE Listings Requirements and guiding directors and officers accordingly
• Project managing and drafting the Group’s integrated annual report and ancillary documentation which meets the requirements of the Companies Act and JSE Listings Requirements
• Guiding the board on their responsibilities under the rules and regulations to which they are subject and on how those responsibilities should be discharged
• Ensuring company compliance with good corporate governance
• Raising matters that may warrant the attention of the board
• Ensuring good information flows within the board and its committees and between senior management and non-executive directors
• Facilitating the induction of board members and assisting with professional development as required
• Maintaining a system for compliance monitoring and reporting across the Company
• Maintaining all statutory records and submissions of statutory returns in compliance with the statutory provisions of the Companies Act
• Monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking action accordingly
• Monitoring corporate governance trends and updating relevant Committees accordingly
• Training directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters
• Supporting the Chairman of the board in ensuring the board functions efficiently and effectively
• Maintaining good shareholder relations and keeping the board informed on shareholders’ views
• Acting with tact and discretion at all times in line with fiduciary duties as an officer of the company, ensuring that confidential information about the company is not disclosed to any third party
• Advising on ad hoc matters of a legal nature
• Acting as Information Officer in accordance with POPIA
• Overseeing the Company’s ESG portfolio, including the project management of the Carbon Footprint Assessment
• Trade Marks management
• Ad hoc support to Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors as required

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB), Commerce, Accounting, or Business Management.

• A postgraduate qualification in Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, or Company Secretarial Practice is advantageous.
• Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa (CGISA) membership will be advantageous.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a company secretarial, corporate governance, or legal advisory role, preferably in a medium to large organisation.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with boards of directors, board committees, and senior leadership teams.
• Sound regulatory and legal working knowledge of:
   Companies Act No. 71 of 2008
   King IV Report on Corporate Governance
   JSE Listings Requirements

Key Competencies:

• Corporate governance expertise
• Regulatory & compliance knowledge
• Experience with end to-end Board and Committee processes, minute taking and Board report writing
• Ethical judgement & integrity
• Communication & stakeholder engagement
• Strong attention to detail and planning abilities

Application:

Please e-mail your CV to recruitment@libstar.co.za; with a motivation highlighting why you should be considered for the position.
Application deadline: 05 September 2025
If you have not received a response within two weeks of the closing date for applications, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

To consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information, such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.
To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/.

Note: Preference will be given to EE candidates in line with the Company’s employment equity plan and BBBEE strategy.