Secretarial Manager

About Us

We’re reinventing how the world uses data centres. Think flexible, optimised colocation services tailored for your requirements – all with the very best customer support you can imagine. And because our data centres are powered by sustainable energy, it doesn’t cost the Earth either. It’s the perfect environment where everyone thrives – you and the planet.

Job Title:

Company Secretarial Manager

Location:

London

We’re reinventing how the world uses data centres. Think flexible, optimised colocation services tailored for your requirements – all with the very best customer support you can imagine. And because our data centres are powered by sustainable energy, it doesn’t cost the Earth either. It’s the perfect environment where everyone thrives – you and the planet.

Verne was acquired by Ardian in 2024 and is currently investing massively into new data centre capacity and needs additional people to support this growth. We need self-driven, experienced, motivated and focused new team members, and offer a dynamic, growth-oriented environment for people to shine and learn.

We are seeking an experienced Company Secretary Manager to lead the company's corporate governance, statutory compliance and board administration. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the role will act as a trusted adviser to the Board, its committees and senior leadership team. The Company Secretarial Manager will establish and maintain governance practices. The role will support effective decision‑making, ensure compliance across the group's legal entities and help the business meet the governance and reporting expectations of its stakeholders.

• Serve as secretary to the Board and its committees, coordinating annual calendars, agendas, papers, meetings and minutes.
• Work with the Chief Legal Officer, CEO and executive team to ensure the Board receives timely, accurate and decision‑ready information.
• Prepare high‑quality minutes that clearly record decisions, approvals, delegated actions and matters requiring follow‑up.
• Maintain the schedule of reserved matters and ensure that decisions receive the appropriate approval.
• Advise directors and senior leaders on governance requirements, directors' duties, conflicts of interest and delegated authorities.
• Coordinate director appointments, resignations, induction, training and ongoing development.
• Support periodic committee effectiveness reviews.

• Maintain accurate statutory books, registers and corporate records for the company.
• Manage statutory filings and corporate compliance obligations across all relevant jurisdictions, coordinating with external providers where necessary.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date group structure chart and central repository of constitutional and corporate documents.
• Oversee in corporations, dissolutions, changes of officers, registered‑office matters and other entity lifecycle events.
• Monitor filing deadlines and ensure that compliance responsibilities are clearly allocated, tracked and completed.
• Manage powers of attorney, authorised signatory arrangements and corporate authorities.

• Act as a principal governance contact for the company's private equity sponsor, working closely with the Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership.
• Administer shareholder, investor and nominee director governance arrangements.
• Maintain a clear understanding of the shareholders' agreement, investment documents, articles of association and approval rights.
• Coordinate consents and approvals, ensuring that reserved‑matter processes are followed and appropriately documented.
• Support governance reporting.

• Develop and maintain the company's governance framework, including terms of reference,…