My peers and clients regard me as a reliably consistent Corporate Counsel, Company Secretary and experienced Non-Executive with expertise in financial services and manufacturing in the UK and EU markets. My career experiences have equipped me with distinguished capabilities in negotiation, risk management, strategic planning, board committee/secretarial work, and corporate governance. My services are sought for my offered counsel and board level influence. My approach is to bring logic and pragmatism into conversations, ensuring the voice of all are heard before make calculated judgements.As a legal and commercial adviser, my areas of expertise lie in navigating regulatory law, including working on remedial projects with regulators, and compliance; life & pension work, retail & private banking, wealth management; commercial contracts, outsourcing, joint ventures, corporate law, and major M&A (including TUPE) transactions.I have previous experience as a non--executive director in an engineering company.I am a trustee of two registered charities, (being chair of one of them).Currently located just outside York, and tend to work in Edinburgh or London but I am geographically flexible.Do not hesitate to get in touch via LinkedIn, let us see where our conversation leads to.