Anne Linchausen, Governance Solutions Advisor, Diligent

For Anne Linchausen,  Governance Solutions Advisor here at Diligent governance and compliance is the corporate language that increasingly every modern board speaks. It’s fitting then her global experience allows her to communicate with boards and company secretaries facing the most significant organisational change in their careers. 

“Governance and compliance are underpinned by security, efficiency and effectiveness. In the middle of a global pandemic, it pays to have Diligent on your team.” 

Anne explains that many organisations may have been effectively securing the production and dissemination of their board papers. Still, it is the director to director communications and offsite treatment of confidential documents that now need to be brought into the one platform.  

“It is the ideal time to streamline papers, online voting, minutes and more into one secure and easy to use portal. The challenge for directors is to keep up with the volume of information they need to read and prepare, plus stay on top of, and this is where Diligent pays off.” 

Anne loves working with existing Diligent clients to show how they can close their current governance and compliance gap with a full suite of solutions and support.  

“An exciting update for us was our compliance tool which can identify gaps across an organisation and recommend improvements. It provides a guarantee for directors the firm is always audit-ready. And if you combine this with our governance intelligence software, you are on your way to a solid competitive edge.” 

Anne believes the recent digitisation of board meetings is also a great time to drive further change. 

“We do need to acknowledge the enormous change facing directors now with how and where they meet their board colleagues, however for those forward-thinking company secretaries this is a great opportunity to have the conversation around more change. Things that may have been problematic before COVID-19 may now be impossible.” 

Diligent supports the reduction of risk in the development of technology and solutions. Diligent allows boards to prepare board papers and meet securely and efficiently in an era of reduced administration support. 

For more information on what product features you can expect in the next few months contact your Customer Success Manager or email teamblack@diligent.com.