Entrepreneur, Multilingual International Lawyer, Consultant and Multi-sector Board Advisor with extensive global blue chip legal, compliance, start-up, and business development experience. I have been General Counsel / Legal Director and have led large cross-cultural teams with Brambles, General Electric, Reckitt Benckiser, and O2. Subsequently I have initiated multiple, global start-up businesses and advised leading organisations such as Control Risks on launching new major global business initiatives. ►Key Achievements include: ✔Established business to supply health, wellness and home care products.✔Established the compliance and legal architecture to support the successful launch of a new global business division.✔ Led the successful defence of 35 high-risk litigations and ensured the viability of the business.✔ Successfully closed multiple high profile regulatory investigations and prevented large fines, disruption, and reputational risk.✔ Set up Legal and Compliance function: streamlined resources and reduced legal spend by 65% ✔Presented with a CEO award for business results in excess of Board's expectations.Specialties include:Strategy Development & Execution / Business Structuring / Market Assessment & Entry / Product & Service Development / Entrepreneurship / Innovation / Legal / Governance / Compliance / Risk Management / Cost Optimisation / Executive Committees / Restructuring and Turneround / Change Management / Coaching /
Listed skills include Corporate Governance, Competition Law, Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, and 40 others.