Bernard Laferla has over 27 years of corporate experience in various roles from that of both Executive and Non-Executive Director, to being a registered auditor, experienced business rescue practitioner and tax practitioner.
He passed in Bord Examinations in 1998 and remains a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, the founding and oldest global professional accounting body and is afforded the right to utlise the Chartered Accountant designation. Furthermore he remains a Experienced Business Rescue Practitioner registered with CIPC and tax practitioner registered with SARS.
Having served on various boards of numerous entities including non profit organizations, Bernard has seen the value that a properly skilled Company Secretary can deliver and the pitfalls that can be encountered by a company not operating without one!
Historically a company secretary was a crucial person within any organization, as over and above their administrative duties a competent and strong willed company secretary is the mechanism whereby corporate issues, especially amongst members and directors of an entity, can be safely ventilated and resolved.
With the global shift towards enhanced accountability the role of a company secretary has once again resumed its rightful place.
Bernard has demonstrated time and time again, that over and above his knowledge of relevant legislation he displays the moral courage to act when necessary, even when there is a risk of adverse personal consequence to ensure that the appropriate actions are taken.
Verita Management Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd in everything it does revolves around the concept of Truth (“Verita” being the Italian/Maltese for Truth). Truth however is of no consequence unless it is backed up with Courage , which is rightly esteemed the first of all human qualities as it is the quality which guarantees all others.
