As a Governance Advisor at Beyond Governance, Alaana has provided governance consultancy and company secretarial support to a range of organisations. She has experience across FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, including supporting subsidiary governance at Burberry plc and previously working as an Interim Assistant Company Secretary at bp plc.
Her experience spans board and committee support, governance effectiveness reviews, listed-company compliance, AGM delivery, statutory compliance, share capital management and entity management. Prior to joining Beyond Governance, Alaana worked at Foresight Group and Intertrust Group (now CSC), where she developed extensive multi-jurisdictional company secretarial experience and progressed to Company Secretarial Manager.
Alaana is an Associate member of the Chartered Governance Institute (ACG) and holds an LLB (Hons) in Law and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC). She was a finalist for the ‘One to Watch’ category at the CGI Awards 2025.
With a background in professional services, Alaana easily adapts to different types of organisations. She has worked with private equity firms and investment managers to design and maintain entity compliance frameworks, ensuring seamless adherence to statutory requirements. Alaana’s keen commercial awareness enables her to quickly grasp industry norms and terminology, making her effective at minuting board and committee meetings. Alaana has also delivered internal training on legal drafting and the use of defined terms, highlighting understanding of the importance of clear, well-written minutes.
Alaana has successfully managed several subsidiary entity management projects, including incorporations, strike-offs, directorship changes, PSC/RLE updates, and entity name changes. Alaana is adept at advising on next steps in delicate, complex situations and delivering efficient solutions, particularly where shareholder approval is required.
Alaana offers comprehensive board meeting support, assisting boards with the full range of responsibilities from setting annual meeting schedules and agendas to facilitating and minuting meetings, and managing post-meeting actions. She has also presented governance updates for boards wishing to stay informed on regulatory developments. In addition, Alaana has overseen the entire board pack preparation process, ensuring the timely provision of deliverables from other business functions. She is experienced in producing and distributing meeting packs both through dedicated software such as Board Intelligence and via hard copy distribution.
Alaana has undertaken several capital management projects, including share issuances, buybacks, inter-company loans and capital contributions. She consistently uses the confirmation statement filing requirement as an opportunity to perform an entity health check, ensuring that the register of members accurately reflects the company’s current structure. Additionally, Alaana has conducted workshops on the legal construct of different share classes and their implications on dividends.
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A UK private company is not required by the Companies Act 2006 to have a company secretary. Its articles of
Company secretary cost in the UK depends on the work required. Basic filing packages and ongoing board support cover different
For a UK company board, a minute taking service is worth considering when the internal team lacks protected drafting time,
