• Highly experienced legal professional and management executive, with a deep knowledge of banking, finance, corporate and commercial legal matters and contracts.• Broad managerial, governance and entrepreneurial experience in domestic and international markets.• Worked most recently in private SME/public Local Government sector for Local Enterprise Partnerships transferring their functions into Local Authorities and then going into voluntary liquidation.• Cambridge University law degree.• Executive MBA with Distinction from Bayes Business School.• Qualified English solicitor.• Held roles in leading global cities in UK, Europe, Middle East and Far East in culturally diverse teams.• Worked in law firms, banks, corporates, private / public sector bodies and business start-ups.• Served on regulatory body committees whose terms of reference were electronic trust services (tScheme in UK) and governance of Islamic financial institutions (AAOIFI headquartered in Bahrain).• Operated own consultancy firms and founded / co-founded several new business ventures.• Core skills and key attributes transferable to serve commercial enterprises, charities and not-for-profit organisations as legal counsel, legal operations manager, governance manager, company secretary, non-executive director, board adviser or trustee.