Independent Non-Executive Director (Resident), Seychelles
OKX
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3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
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About the RoleAs an Independent Non-Executive Director and Resident Director of our Seychelles entity, you will bring independent challenge to strategy, risk and conduct, hold management to account on behalf of shareholders and stakeholders, and provide the resident board presence that the licence and the entity's governance arrangements require. The role exists to do three things at once: provide independent challenge; satisfy the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (the FSA) that the board of the Company meets its expectations on composition, competence and fitness and propriety under the VASP Act; and provide local substance in Seychelles.The entity operates within the group's global governance, risk and compliance framework while remaining separately accountable to its own board and to its regulator. The Board comprises a mix of executive and independent non-executive directors. This is a genuinely resident role. The appointee must be physically present in Seychelles, attend board and management meetings in person, and be available to engage with the FSA and the entity's advisers in Seychelles.A non-executive director carries the same general legal responsibilities to the entity as any other director, and must perform those duties faithfully, efficiently and diligently to a standard commensurate with the role and with their own knowledge, skills and experience.
What You’ll Be DoingIndependentally Challenge
- Bring an external and independent perspective to strategy, risk and conduct, and hold management to account on behalf of shareholders and stakeholders.
- Provide constructive challenge and strategic guidance, and offer specialist advice to the Board.
- Scrutinise the performance of management and of individual executive directors against agreed goals, and monitor how that performance is reported.
- Act in good faith, honestly and responsibly, and make decisions objectively in what you consider to be the interests of the entity.
- Satisfy the FSA that the board of the Company meets its expectations on composition, competence and fitness and propriety under the VASP Act.
- Provide the physical, resident board presence in Seychelles that the licence and the entity's governance arrangements require.
- Attend board and management meetings in person, and engage with the FSA and the entity's advisers in Seychelles as required.
- Promote the long term sustainable success of the entity, generating value for shareholders and contributing to wider society.
- Establish the entity's purpose, values and strategy, and satisfy the Board that its culture is aligned to them.
- Provide effective, prudent and ethical oversight, act with integrity, lead by example and promote the desired culture.
- Ensure the resources needed to meet the entity's objectives are in place, and measure performance against them.
- Establish and lead within a framework of prudent and effective controls that allows risk to be assessed and managed.
- Ensure effective engagement with shareholders and stakeholders.
- Ensure workforce policies and practices are consistent with the entity's values.
- Satisfy yourself on the integrity of the entity's financial information, its financial controls, and whether its risk management systems are robust and defensible.
- Determine appropriate remuneration for executive directors, and play a leading part in appointing and, where necessary, removing them.
- Contribute to the entity's succession planning.
- Uphold the highest standards of integrity, and support the chairperson in setting the values, behaviours and culture of the boardroom and beyond.
What We Look for in You
- Resident in Seychelles, and currently holding the right to reside and work there.
- Able to satisfy the FSA's fitness and propriety assessment.
- Board level or senior governance experience in a regulated financial services, banking, insurance, fiduciary or corporate services business.
- Working knowledge of anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing obligations, and of the Seychelles regulatory environment.
- Financial literacy sufficient to interrogate financial statements, controls and risk reporting without support.
- Demonstrable independence of mind, and the willingness to challenge management and record dissent.
- Fluent in English, with excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experience of virtual assets, fintech, payments or capital markets.
- Prior regulatory experience.
- Experience chairing an audit, risk or compliance committee.
- Experience of a group structure where much of the operating activity sits outside the licensed entity's jurisdiction, and of the oversight challenge that creates.
- An established local network among Seychelles regulators, professional advisers and the financial services community.
- Play a pivotal role in the governance of a successful virtual asset business.
- Bring independent oversight to a global crypto platform operating at scale across multiple jurisdictions.
- Work alongside an experienced board and a global leadership team in a high-growth industry.
- A defined, time-bounded commitment with genuine influence over strategy, risk and conduct.
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