A simple, documentation-based approach to the administrative challenges of corporate governance

Corporate governance is a challenge and a lot of work, whether you are aiming for basic compliance with listing rules or pursuing a long-term strategy to reduce your cost of capital.

Whatever your immediate priorities or ultimate objectives, we can reduce your administrative burden, create and organize the necessary documentation, and get your governance program up and running, quickly and effectively.

Kesteven and Associates provides support services for organizations working to develop and implement a corporate governance system.

We provide —

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A standard structure of documents to manage the organization’s governance information effectively and efficiently

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An intranet to present the information in a form easily used by people within the company

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The Corporate Governance section of the organization’s website

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Generic administrative procedures for —

Decision and transaction control (levels of authority, transactions requiring approval or signature at senior level, events requiring disclosure)

Assurances of compliance

Changes to the governance system

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Support materials to help implement the governance system within the organization

We have a standard method for collecting and preparing the necessary information that takes into account the extreme time pressures that senior managers work under. Our approach lets your people focus on the creative management challenge of developing and implementing an effective governance system without wasting time on the nuts and bolts of documentation.

Click here to download the project brochure (PDF, 210kb), or click the links below for more information:

ASX documentation requirements: The documentation requirements stated or implied in the ASX Principles of Good Corporate Governance

Corporate governance website content: Material the ASX recommends be disclosed, “ideally by posting it to the company’s website in a clearly marked corporate governance section”

Corporate governance codes: National and stock exchange governance codes around the world

Reports and discussion papers: Major reports and discussion papers on corporate governance topics

Governance, public-sector and not-for-profit entities: Reports and model codes, and other documents

Corporate governance on company website: Links to corporate governance sections on company websites

Governance websites: Websites providing information, discussion, and opinion on corporate governance issues

Client list: Portfolio of Kesteven and Associates past projects, samples of work, and a list of some of our clients