Deputy Company Secretary

About the role

This position supports the Company Secretary in providing governance, advisory, secretarial and administrative services to the MTN Board, management team and subsidiaries in Ghana.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in coordinating the annual Board plan and strategic Board activities.
• Support Board processes such as succession, induction, director development, performance evaluation and governance reporting.
• Manage shareholder relations and ensure compliance with statutory and corporate governance requirements.
• Facilitate information flow between the Board, its committees and management, and provide support to directors.
• Maintain statutory registers, documents and the Share Register in line with Companies Law.
• Advise on ethics, conflict of interest, ESG and investor relations reporting.

Required profile

• Law degree with qualifying certificate (Bar exams); ICSA qualification preferred.
• Minimum 8 years post‑qualification experience in commercial/corporate law, preferably in a listed or multinational company.
• At least 5 years of company secretarial or governance experience in telecom, banking, finance or emerging markets.
• Demonstrated leadership, stakeholder management and high ethical standards.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of corporate, commercial and telecommunications law.
• Expertise in company secretarial and corporate governance practices.
• Regulatory and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Information, records and administrative management.
• Legal advisory, reporting and strategic business acumen.
• Analytical thinking, data‑driven decision making and project management.