Senior legal leader and business partner at multinational companies. Part of business leadership with 24+ years PQE. Broad spectrum of experience specialising in commercial contracts, M&A, privacy, litigation and employment law. Extensive experience in private practice and in-house.Broad expertise in legal compliance leadership (formerly Compliance Leader for GE Oil & Gas business and Head of Legal Compliance for Venator). Comprehensive experience in running a global legal compliance function including: competition/antitrust law (FCPA, Bribery Act), internal compliance systems, investigations, reporting and delivering global face to face trainings. Considerable experience in negotiating and closing high value and complex Commercial Contracts, Tenders/Procurement and EPC Contracts (often for high value sums in excess of $500m). Background in private practice for 6 years and in all subsequent roles in M&A activity, Change Management and Integration (including leading the GE sale of an international pipeline company to Qatar Energy). Responsible for leading legal teams and contract managers & compliance professionals globally.International experience living in in Qatar and Dubai. Established the second largest Norwegian oil and gas company (DNV) MENA Legal function in Dubai and implemented relevant processes, risk management and operations.