Mary Ann was the first woman General Counsel of a Fortune 500 company. Mary Ann’s career over 40 years has seen her work across a variety of sectors including publishing, professional services, computer technology, aerospace, mining, fluid handling, engineering, chemicals, food processing and ingredients and manufacturing. Having worked on 11 acquisitions in 15 months, advised a variety of boards and businesses in different sectors – whatever challenges you’re facing in your business, Mary Ann will have relevant experience and insight to share.

Spend a few minutes in Gail’s company and you’ll realize how she managed to secure General Counsel positions in companies such as Harley-Davidson. A human dynamo, Gail is passionate in her mentoring of women General Counsels; taking a commercial approach to the business of law and frankly helping others get from A to B in the most effective way possible – based on her experience, contacts and commercial judgment in diverse industries. From international acquisitions, to managing brand and maximizing IP, to advising a Board through all of it……this is all within Gail’s incredible toolset.

Tatiana has been leading the General Counsel advisory service in Latin America for many years and knows what it takes to design and develop an effective and efficient legal department. She brings an exceptional perspective for companies operating in Central America and internationally and has become a go-to resource for in-house leadership teams to help them accomplish their business goals and priority.

Andy joined the Oman Shipping Company as the first ever in house counsel and in addition to advising on billions of dollars of investment as a sole lawyer while managing legal risk and delivery, he was responsible for designing and developing an in-house department from scratch. He knows first-hand the organisational and cultural challenges involved when trying to establish and lead a legal function in a Middle Eastern organization and how important it is to build a strong local legal team. Andy is passionate about developing and coaching lawyers especially across multiple jurisdictions and industries and brings his experiences and insights from London, Baku, Egypt and Oman as part of his incredible toolset.

Christian was co-responsible for setting up a compliance network within the Daimler group worldwide and knows precisely how to define company processes to ensure that legal requirements are aligned with regulations around anti-money laundering, sanctions & export control, tax and contract compliance and data protection & security. Christian’s specialty is making law operable and your organization compliant.

Humphrey was the General Counsel for Europe at TAQA and acted for a time as group General Counsel until the company reached a $23bn NAV. Amongst the many insights Humphrey can share, his experience juggling an organization with big ambitions and budgets, but with a small in-house team, is likely to be valuable to many. Humphrey can also talk to the experience of moving from private practice to General Counsel to private practice, and steps others might like to take to prepare for those transitions.

Rick’s passion for coaching and talent development has been honed over many years as a team leader. He has particular insight to bring to those new to a senior role or new to their organization. A life-time campaigner on diversity in the legal profession, he can also help General Counsel leaders build diverse teams and culture in their organization. Rick also has significant expertise on crisis management and counseling on Board matters.

As head of legal and compliance in North Asia for two of the world’s leading chemical companies for ten years, Gary’s experience addresses the important intersection between the law and governmental affairs. Gary understands the challenges faced by law departments to continuously streamline resources and refine internal process and in a world where ongoing environmental and safety issues and compliance concerns are creating increased pressures for the law department, Gary can be your guide.

Dick has spent over 30 years as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Associate General Counsel and understands first-hand how critical it is to run a law department like a business. Having spent years coaching others on Six-Sigma practices, Dick is a strong proponent of taking a disciplined and strategic approach to deciding where the law department will focus its efforts to ensure the biggest impact against organizational objectives. Two of the most important challenges facing today’s corporate law departments are (a) assessing Enterprise Risk Management and (b) managing the spend between inside and outside counsel. These challenges may be unique to your organization, but if not addressed because of the need to deal with day to day issues, may eventually lead to long term consequences. Dick offers his decades of experience to help you address your organization’s needs.