The Chartered Governance Institute, previously known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), [1] is a qualifying and membership body for company secretaries and governance professionals operating in several common law jurisdictions.

Become a Chartered Secretary or Chartered Governance Professional. This qualification is for governance professionals, company secretaries, and individuals from law or finance transferring to governance roles.

A chartered secretary is a professional who specializes in corporate governance, compliance, and administrative management within organizations. They play a crucial role in ensuring that companies adhere to legal and regulatory requirements while supporting effective decision-making processes.

Company secretaries have a broad skill set – corporate law, finance, governance, strategy and corporate secretarial practice – and they advise a company's board in these key areas, providing support to the Chair, CEO and non-executive directors.

What is a Chartered Secretary? Chartered Secretaries are senior professionals trained in law, finance, governance and strategy. They principally work as company secretaries or in other similar governance roles.

Chartered Secretaries are senior professionals trained in law, finance, governance and strategy. They principally work as company secretaries or in other similar roles. They are obliged to uphold the highest standards of governance practice and ethical behaviour.

Chartered Secretaries are employed as chairs, chief executives and non-executive directors, as well as executives and company secretaries. Some chartered secretaries are also known in their own companies as corporate secretarial executives/managers or corporate secretarial directors.