Accomplished Legal Leader specializing in establishment, restructuring and transformation of in-house legal functions for multinational corporations.As General Counsel - Africa at BP, a global energy giant, I led a strategic turnaround that elevated an underperforming legal function into a high-performance unit delivering world-class legal services across nine African countries.As General Counsel at French energy major Total, I restructured the Southern African legal function to align with the group's international standards, leading a team of in-house lawyers to provide high-quality legal services to group companies in five African countries.A career highlight was my tenure at Vodacom, a leading African mobile network operator with over 120 million customers, where I pioneered the establishment of the first Pan-African legal function for Vodacom Business Africa Group and developed in-house legal capabilities to support the group's complex, multi-jurisdictional operations in 25 countries.As General Counsel at Cell C, a South African mobile network operator, I transformed its in-house legal function by introducing a new legal operating model that streamlined operations and enhanced service delivery in a hyper-fast business environment.Driven by a passion for innovation, I co-founded Nuvalaw, an award-winning LegalTech company in the UK that is transforming how insurers and claimant law firms resolve claims and disputes.In my current role as Group General Counsel of the international private healthcare services company, Mediclinic , I am leading the strategic transformation of the group's legal functions in South Africa , United Arab Emirates and Switzerland.