COMPANY SECRETARY - WILDERNESS HOLDINGS

Company Secretary

The corporate head office of Wilderness Holdings is located in Gaborone, Botswana, where the vacancy of Group Company Secretary exist.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• All responsibilities related to compliance by the Company with the Botswana Companies Act, the South African Companies Act and King III.
• Ensuring compliance by the company and the group with the regulations of the Botswana Stock Exchange and JSE Limited.
• Management of the full spectrum of company secretarial duties to all the Wilderness companies.
• Resolving shareholders queries and enhancing shareholder relations.
• Interpreting and communicating regulatory changes to directors and other stakeholders.
• Ensuring accuracy of directorate submissions and lodging of forms with relevant authorities
• Assistance with Corporate actions such as; dividend pay-outs, dissemination of announcements, share transfer, buy backs, allotments issue and similar corporate actions.
• Maintaining company statutory and other records and supporting compilation of company annual reports.
• Compilation of Board packs and taking of minutes for the Board and all sub-committees of the Board.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bcomm, LLB, registered with a professional body such as Chartered Secretaries of Southern Africa
• 5 years’ experience in a Company Secretary position – experience must be in a listed environment
• Must be willing to travel

Company profile

Dual listed entity
Wilderness Holdings is the holding company for Africa’s largest and most respected eco-tourism operator, Wilderness Safaris. The Group operates/markets more than 50 luxury safari camps in 8 African countries.

Wilderness Holdings is listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, with a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa.

Closing date and application instructions

Please direct all applications and enquiries to Petru Ebersohn at petrue@wilderness.co.za.