A small foreign company may start with the founder in every seat: director, shareholder, signatory, contact person. The decision is whether that is still the right shape, or whether roles should be split to give continuity, separation of duties or local presence. We map the roles as they work in practice and note where a local professional must confirm the legal position.
Officers exist in the register with legal duties set by local law. Inside the company the same people may do very different work, or nobody may do a task that the title suggests. The plan separates the legal role, which professionals confirm, from the working role, which the owner designs.
Which roles a company must have, who may hold them and what duties follow depend on the country and the entity type. We do not state those rules.
Who takes decisions for the company and who is named on the register.
Who keeps the records and handles formal notices.
Who holds the company's value and can change who runs it.
Who can bind the company in contracts or with banks; covered in detail in the signing authority page.
Who runs operations but may not hold any legal office.
Who appears as the point of contact for providers and authorities.
Which shapes are available in your country is for a local professional.
Fits: One-person business, low complexity. Questions to settle: Backup if the founder cannot act; whether the company works with no second person at all.
Fits: Founder lives elsewhere or local presence is useful. Questions to settle: What the second person may decide and what stays with the founder.
Fits: Growing operations. Questions to settle: How decisions are split, and how a disagreement is resolved.
Compare the register with the actual working roles.
Roles accepted at setup and forgotten are worth checking.
Check that replacing them does not stop the company.
The plan lists the points to confirm with a local professional before changes.
This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.
No. Appointing officers is a legal step handled through local providers or professionals, who are engaged separately.
Duties and liability depend on the country and the role. A local professional must answer that; we do not.
No. It is an operational plan of how roles work in practice.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Describe your plan and your constraints. We reply with what we would look at first.
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