Assume the day-to-day management and representation of the Association; to steer all activities undertaken to reach the Association’s purpose and to provide through the Secretariat the necessary infrastructure and support for the association to operate smoothly and efficiently.

Responsibilities have a varied nature: a) Legal and Technical; b) Representational, c) Communication and d) Organisational (administrative, financial and HR):

a. Legal and technical

- Identify legislative priorities and prepare for the Board the yearly program of activities.

- Ensure early detection of planned European legislation, regulation, codes or soft law with a significant impact on European listed companies.

- Brief the relevant bodies in the Association of these developments and bring them before the Legal Committee in view of establishing the Association’s position through comment papers or alternative instruments. Where appropriate, to set up an ad-hoc internal working group of members to analyse the subject matter in an in-depth manner and prepare a draft position for the Legal Committee. To steer and co-ordinate the drafting of positions through the Legal Committee.

- Chair the Legal Committee, organise its meetings, prepare the agenda and supporting documentation, co-ordinate the exchange of information and draft the meetings’ minutes (to be reviewed: maybe not necessary for the SG to do it, very heavy workload that can perhaps be delegated).

- Where appropriate, represent the Association and participate in European working groups or other bodies mandated with producing codes or soft law having an impact on European listed companies.

- Maintain regular contact and liaise with peer EU or international organisations with activities relevant to the Association, to exchange views and to arrive, where possible, at common positions.

- Disseminate and promote the Association’s positions with the relevant policy makers in the most effective manner (in writing, through personal contact, etc.)

- Maintain regular contacts with relevant European Commission staff, members of the European Parliament, CESR and any other relevant body.

- Set up events, conferences, work luncheons with members, peer associations’ and EU bodies’ representatives.

- Promote the Association’s views at conferences, debates, hearings, press conferences, and other relevant meetings.

- Issue press releases and organise interviews with selected press to promote the Association in general and its positions in particular.

- Keep the members informed of the Association’s activities through the website, a periodic newsletter, mailings, ad-hoc meetings and individual contacts.

- Manage the Association’s website and intranet site in general, update and complete its functionalities and its contents.

- Prepare effective promotional material generic and specifically addressed to target audiences.

d. Organisational

- Assume overall management of the Association’s permanent secretariat, currently composed of a staff of 3.

- Promote together with the Board the enlargement of the corporate and association member base and, in order to do so, to develop useful information and assistance services for member associations and corporations.

- Act as the corporate secretary and organise the Annual General Assembly, Board and Executive Committee meetings.

- Prepare the annual budget for the Board in view of approval by the AGM; to collect the member fees, to manage and monitor the income and the expenses of the Association; to draw up the annual accounts for the Board in view of approval by the AGM;

- Manage the Association’s bank accounts and bank relations, Secretariat human resources matters, member administration and all office related affairs.