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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
EXECUTIVE TEAM
The Chairman leads and chairs the Board and has overall
responsibility for governance and promoting the values
of the Group, both internally to colleagues and externally
to the broader stakeholder group. The Chairman is
also involved in developing a strategy for the Group
and supporting investor relations and communication
between the Group and its shareholders.
Under the chairmanship of the Chief Executive O昀케cer, the
Executive Team committee comprised as at 30 September
2023 four Presidents in charge of the Group’s divisional
activities, the Chief Financial O昀케cer, the Chief Language
O昀케cer, the Chief People O昀케cer, the General Counsel and
Company Secretary, the Group Corporate Development
Director and the Chief Information O昀케cer.
A key part of the Board’s commitment to high standards
of governance is an active dialogue with its shareholders.
The Chairman is also involved in the evaluation of potential
acquisition targets that 昀椀t within prescribed selective
criteria, to further grow the Group. All of the day-to-day
operations of the Group are managed by the CEO.
The Executive Team’s role is to ensure the operational
management of the RWS Group. The Executive Team is a
decision-making body that focuses on operational matters
and performance enhancement. It reviews major issues
regarding operations, organisation and various crossdivisional projects and meets regularly.
The CEO provides leadership and management to the
Group and its Executive Team. The CEO drives the
development of objectives, strategies and performance
standards whilst also overseeing key risks across all
divisions of the Group. The CEO also plays a lead role in
devising and implementing the Group’s corporate strategy
and in investor relations to ensure that communications
with the Group’s shareholders and 昀椀nancial institutions
are maintained.
The CFO is responsible for shaping and executing the
昀椀nancial strategy of the Group. In this role the CFO also
supports the Group’s investor relations programme
and corporate development e昀昀orts. The CFO also has
responsibility for identifying the broad market-related
risks and collating speci昀椀c potential risks from the
members of the Executive Team for further assessment
via the established risk management framework.
Executive Team
As at 30 September 2023
Female
36%
Male
64%
The Senior Independent Director acts as a sounding
board for the Chairman and a trusted intermediary for
other Board members, leads Chairman performance
review and succession process, and acts as an additional
point of contact for shareholders.
The General Counsel and Company Secretary holds
overall responsibility for the Group’s legal, governance
and risk management functions. The General Counsel
and Company Secretary attends all Board and Committee
meetings, ensures timely dissemination of information to
the Board, supports the Board with inductions, training
and evaluations, advises on all corporate governance
matters, and acts as a point of contact for shareholders.
GOVERNANCE RWS Holdings plc — ESG Report 2023
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