Each year, specific key trends inspire long-term and short-term changes to corporate governance practices, which, in turn, require boards to improve and retool to adapt. A highly eventful 2022 portends more change to come in 2023, and boards must remain vigilant and continue to improve to keep pace with the changing world of governance. Ted Sikora, Director Perspective: Top Priorities of 2023 (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 10 February 2023) accessed 9th March 2023. Critically examine the extent to which the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018 and the Companies Act 2006 adequately ensure that a board responds to the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) of the global business environment. To what extent is the company secretary integral to improving board effectiveness in this regard? Include case studies to elaborate your understanding