a director or shareholder, Healy Consultants does legally control your company. However, in practice this control is not exercised as it is not in Healy Consultants’ interests to breach the trust of its clients by conducting deceitful activities. On the other hand, by becoming a director or shareholder Healy Consultants is exposed to risk should the company conduct unlawful business.

Clients normally do this for confidentiality purposes. In many jurisdictions, a register is held of all directors and shareholders which is available for public viewing.

Yes, Healy Consultants can provide both nominee director AND shareholder services, the fee for which is US$1,600.

A nominee Shareholder or Director is a third party who allows his/her name to be used in place of the real or beneficial owner and director of the company. The nominee is advised particularly in those jurisdictions where the names of the officers are part of a public record, open for anyone who cares to look can find out these identities. The name of the nominee will appear and ensure the privacy of the beneficial owner.

Yes you can and we offer the service. A shareholder and a director may be the same person (natural or corporate). In our opinion, you should use our nominee service because there is a public record of shares.

The responsibility for the activities of the company ultimately lies with the beneficial owner and is therefore required to accept this responsibility by signing this declaration which is held confidentially by the registered office. This confidentiality is protected by the law which provides for a fine of ­ 25,000 USD and/or a prison sentence of two years if confidential information is given out without a court order from the local courts.

Control over the company is gained through the General Power of Attorney signed by the nominee director to the beneficial owner or other person (who the beneficial owner may appoint), plus the undated letter of resignation of the nominee director can also be executed at any time the owner wishes to appoint himself or other person as a director.

This is a professional you hired to serve as the management of the IBC. Their name would appear in most documents acting as the management of the company. The nominee Director may hold the Bearer Shares, since their name is used in all correspondence and obligations for the company, they need to know that someone is not out there putting the shares at risk in some way. For security reasons, various methods exist to limit the powers of the Nominee Director.

No, the nominee director cannot manage your company. As an exception, the nominee director can sign a contract or invoice for an additional fee if the document is acceptable to us. We would need to review the contract first and if in our opinion it is a normal commercial contract, we will issue an invoice to you which when paid, we will sign the necessary documents. You will be required to send the documents to us by email, if we agree, we will invoice you.

This depends on the scope of the service you require. Please Contact Us to discuss your requirements.

A registered shareholder is the beneficial (real) owner whose name is recorded on the share certificate and in the Register of Shares as the owner of the allotted shares. A nominee shareholder is when the beneficial owner chooses not to have his/her name on the share certificate or in the share register. We supply a third party to be the nominee for the real owner.

The nominee director is intended to simply facilitate the beneficial owner in matters of privacy. He is not intended to assist in the management of the company or sign documents and contracts on their behalf. There are exceptions where a nominee may sign certain standard documents such as contracts, invoices etc. which will have to be approved first. In jurisdictions where there is an open registry, the nominee director will appear on the documents in place of the beneficial owner.

The Director of the National Park Service is a Presidential appointee, subject to confirmation with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directors normally serve on schedules congruent with the President who appoints them. For many years the Director was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, not subject to Senate confirmation. Several Directors have come from within the professional ranks of the National Park Service: Conrad Wirth (1951-64), George B. Hartzog, Jr.

Assistance to open a Singapore corporate bank account is US$1,500. Assistance to open a Hong Kong corporate bank account is US$2,100. You will not need to visit Asia to complete this process, Healy Consultants will prepare all paperwork for you and visit the bank on your behalf.

The nominee is the only person with the right to the shares. The shares will be transmitted only in the nominee's name.

A Declaration of Trust from nominee shareholder to the beneficial owner is to ensure that nominee cannot use the shares in anyway without the express authority of the beneficial owner.

In general terms, yes, but there are some rules. You can't be a company director if: you are an undischarged bankrupt or disqualified by a court from holding a directorship, unless given leave to act in respect of a particular company or companies; There is no minimum age limit in the Companies Act for a director to appointed in England or Wales however, he or she must be able to consent to their own appointment.