Governance Strategies Simplified

We design and implement corporate governance solutions for public and private sector organizations, by assessing the extent of the client’s compliance with the relevant statutes and codes on corporate governance, and any industry specific governance requirements. Further, by undertaking a gap analysis of the organization’s current status juxtaposed to the prescriptions of national (and international) governance codes, we are able to generate high-level and detailed corporate governance reviews addressing actual, perceived and potential risks. We are also able to provide advice with regard to risk mitigating measures, to ensure or restore sound governance. Our recommendations are tailored to suit each organization’s purpose, highlighting any weak spots and filling in any gaps as they unfurl. We effectively identify the risks of these gaps so that the board can make informed decisions and efficiently develop and deploy the requisite strategies.

We put your governance program into context and help you gain clarity on where your relative strengths and weaknesses are vis-à-vis your industry peers, utilizing a balanced holistic approach. Our analysis is thorough! right from our document review to our board surveys and how we professionally engage all relevant stakeholders. We will help you chart new frontiers in your governance transformation. Our ultimate goal is to help you eliminate or significantly reduce corporate failure, questionable business and accounting practices, independence and conflict issues, and move your organization towards its goals, preventing conflicts, and nurturing an open environment that promotes structure in planning and agility in execution.

Core Strategic Areas

Governance Audit, Process Review, Gap Survey & Analysis

Governance Best Practice Research, Benchmarking, Development & Implementation

Regulatory Engagement, Compliance & Reporting

Investee Corporate Governance Appraisal and Due Diligence

Board Skills and Diversity Audit

Meetings Efficiency Audit

Statutory Compliance Audit

Corporate Secretariat Performance, Productivity and Efficiency Evaluation

Governance Crisis Management

Corporate Records Regularization

Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Audit

Outsourced Administration: Agendas and Board Packs Development

Global Governance - Statutory Compliance, Corporate Restructurings, and Overseas Incorporations

Independent Internal Assessments and Investigations

Conflicts of Interest and Related Party Transactions Audit

Governance and Compliance Issues Related to Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Major Transactions

Trainings and Re-orientation

A highlight of our unique Client onboarding and service delivery process.

Getting to Know You and Your Corporate Purpose

Why does your organization exist?

What are you trying to achieve?

What are your board's practices and ancillary policies?

Is your board's structure built to support your purpose?

Do your board members understand their role and measurebly demonstrate this understanding?

Building Upon Our Inquisition, We Undertake:

A comprehensive review of your organization's existing and prospective governance modalities.

An identification of weakness in your corporate systems, structures, documentation and procedures.

A review of your operational procedures, with a view to ascertain their degree of legal compliance and the protection they afford your organization.

A comprehensive audit of your compliance with regulatory and corporate statutory returns requirements.

A review of your secretarial practices, with the view to ascertaining due compliance with the relevant law(s) and best practice recommendations.

Generate A Corporate Governance Analysis Report (CGAR)

As a consequence of our high level governance audit process, we are able to generate a Corporate Governance Analysis Report (CGAR), to provide your board with an accurate breakdown of identified areas of risk. Our CGAR effectively takes into consideration over 120 governances parameters relating to pertinent pillars of a good governance system. The CGAR would be a detailed interpretation of each audit activity, and would profer practical solutions to the risks identified. Our underlying experience in other areas of law also come to bear in our CGAR analysis.

The ultimate outocme for you is better organizational strategies, improved operational and process efficiency, more prudent regulatory complaince, improved stakeholder engagement, and an increased agility to deliver on your organizational purpose.

Policies on the GOTM

Customizable to Your Needs, Dynamics, and Overarching Company Trajectory

Distilled from experience garnered from cumulative decades of practice, we have developed a bouquet of internal policies and operating manuals, that are adaptable, customizable and may be implemented to suit corporate institutions of various types and size, whether privately held, public owned and/or listed. The Zircon Strategy Policies On the GoTM is a top of the class bouquet of 25 simple, comprehensible and user-friendly governance policy frameworks, featuring the following policy documents:

  1. Board Charter and Code of Corporate Governance
  2. Board Selection Policy
  3. Board Engagement Policy
  4. Non-Executive Directors Compensation Policy
  5. Board Orientation Policy
  6. Succession Policy
  7. Matrix of Authourity
  8. Board Committee(s) Terms of Reference
  9. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
  10. Procurement and Supply Chain Management Policy
  11. Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy
  12. Information and Communication Technology Policy
  13. Third Party and Employee Due
  14. Diligence Policy
  15. Conflicts of Interest Policy
  16. Human Resources Policy
  17. Employee Handbook
  18. Whistleblowing Policy
  19. Data Protection Policy
  20. Dividend Policy
  21. External Communications and Media Relations Policy
  22. Contracting and Approval Policy
  23. Records Retention and Obliteration Policy
  24. Anti-money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Policy
  25. Shareholder Communication and Engagement Policy
  26. Risk Management Policy