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Viviane Joynes is MD at EQS Group. In this interview she talks about regtech, women in the boardroom and that time she ran 3,850km across Europe.

Independently written by Bird Lovegod. When I was invited to write a blog piece for Cygnetise, I thought to do a little research. So I Google ‘what is an authorised signatory list’.

The first ‘signature system’ could have been when ancient peoples made positive handprints on walls in caves, a global technology trend from around 40,000 years ago.

Governance by walking around, or GBWA, mirrors the approach of Management By Wandering Around, a well established method of being involved and present in organisations, with an additional level of seeing the organisation from multiple stakeholders positions.

Last week we wrote about the problem of authorised signatory fraud. In this week’s blog we offer a series of points on how to prevent it. For individuals, SMEs, and small organisations and charities, the below is the best piece of advice we can give.

An infographic on gender diversity in the boardroom and why it matters.

Last week Cygnetise presented at “The Future of Wealth” conference organised by the International Banking Forum and PwC in Jersey. The event focused on the seismic changes caused by structural reform, the fintech revolution and what this means for businesses charged with growing international wealth.

If you are the person in your organisation (most likely a Company Secretary) who is responsible for managing authorised signatory lists, chances are you are familiar with the pain associated with maintaining and distributing them (internally and externally).

D-Day for GDPR is almost here. Starting on the 25th of May, the new data protection law will become effective, and we wanted to take a closer to look at how it will affect Company Secretaries specifically.