Founded in 1891, ICSA is the leading professional body for chated secretaries and administrators in the UK and worldwide. It has 44,000 members and 30,000 registered candidates in over 70 countries.

The ICSA qualification has a broad-ranging appeal; it equips people with an

appreciation of legal, financial and regulatory requirements that affects organizations. It caters only to professionals administrators, managers and company secretaries.

Chartered Secretaries are high ranking professionals trained to uphold the highest standards of corporate governance, effective operations, compliance and administration. Highly valued by employers for their ICSA training, Chartered Secretaries are the primary source of advice on the conduct of business; from legal advice on conflicts of interest, through accounting advice, to the development of strategy and corporate planning. Chartered Secretaries are employed as chairs chief executives and non-executives directors, as well as managers and company secretaries.