Corporate Governance
Governance that supports better decisions.
Advice on governance frameworks, board processes, delegations of authority, policies and corporate decision-making for South African businesses.
The approach
Governance as a commercial discipline.
Good governance is not paperwork for its own sake. It is the mechanism through which a business makes defensible decisions, allocates authority clearly and demonstrates that it has acted properly.
Themis advises on the governance arrangements appropriate to your size, structure and sector, and on how to apply them in practice.
Areas of advice
Where we assist.
Governance frameworks
Establishing or refining the structures through which decisions are taken, recorded and reviewed.
Board processes
Advice on how boards and committees are constituted, convened and run.
Delegations of authority
Defining who may commit the business, to what value and subject to what approvals.
Policies
Developing governance policies that are workable for the business rather than merely documentary.
Corporate decision-making
Advice on how decisions should be taken and evidenced so they hold up to later scrutiny.
Governance risk
Identifying where governance gaps create commercial, contractual or regulatory exposure.
Next step
Review your governance arrangements.
Tell us how decisions are currently taken and recorded in your business, and we’ll identify where the governance framework should be strengthened.