His Excellency Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi is a seasoned leader with a proven track record in delivering results. He has long standing experience in the finance and investments sector, wherein he has managed and executed multi-billion dollar investment transactions and has led numerous restructurings and turnarounds across a multitude of sectors.

H.E. Ahmed started his career in the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and then moved to a senior management role in a leading privately owned real estate company. Post this, he joined the Government of Abu Dhabi in an executive leadership role to manage an office that oversaw a multi-billion dollar portfolio of commercial state owned enterprises, wherein he led transformation and restructuring of a number of entities as the shareholder’s representative. Subsequent to this, he was appointed in an executive leadership position to manage the central treasury of the Government of Abu Dhabi.

H.E. Ahmed currently holds the executive position of the Group Chief Financial Officer of ADNOC, wherein he leads the group wide financial controls, investments and treasury functions. Additionally, he serves as Member of the Board on numerous ADNOC entities and the Khalifa Fund at present. In the past, he has also served as a Board member on numerous banks and financial institutions such as the Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX), Union National Bank (UNB) and the Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions & Benefits Fund (ADRPBF).

H.E. Ahmed holds a Masters degree in Economics from the United Kingdom.

Linda Fitz-Alan joined ADGM Courts as Registrar and Chief Executive in October 2015. Linda is responsible for leading the administration and operations of ADGM Courts, particularly in the design and delivery of its comprehensive electronic services, as well as playing a key role in the management of the cases and ADGM's extensive dispute resolution services, including overseeing the state-of-the art ADGM Arbitration Centre.

Linda has significant legal experience over a number of years, previously serving as CEO and Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia. At the Supreme Court, she was responsible for the successful enhancement of the Court's electronic filing and case management capability, the design, refurbishment and consolidation of the Court’s civil and criminal registries as well as the development of its human resources and training. Linda has also been a Partner of two Australian law firms and held a senior legal position with a large commercial insurer, located in New York City, USA. She is a CEDR accredited mediator.

His Excellency Sameh Al Qubaisi is the Director General of Economic Affairs at the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED). In this role, Al Qubaisi leads the teams responsible for delivering Abu Dhabi’s economic strategy. More specifically, he oversees SME policymaking, logistics and trade facilitation, the Competitiveness Office of Abu Dhabi, the Industrial Development Bureau, and the Abu Dhabi Residents Office.

Sameh Al Qubaisi is a senior government executive with extensive experience in economic policymaking. With a background in global banking and finance, he has already led various high-impact strategic projects aimed at enhancing Abu Dhabi’s economy, capital markets, livability, ease of doing business, and investments attraction.

Before taking on his responsibilities at ADDED, Sameh Al Qubaisi was the Executive Director of Business Enterprise at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) where he was primarily responsible for investments and Public Private Partnerships. He played a key role in scaling up ADIO’s coverage, capabilities, and offerings.

Prior to joining the Government of Abu Dhabi, he led a 15-year career in global banking and finance. His long-standing expertise in wholesale banking, risk management and global markets plays a crucial role in his efforts towards achieving macro-economic diversification initiatives.

Al Qubaisi spent over 10 years at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi NBAD (now First Abu Dhabi BankFAB), with his most recent roles as CEO of its Northeast Asia operations, as well as Managing Director for its Wholesale Business- Asia based out of Hong Kong. Before that, he was the Managing Director of Global Markets Coverage at NBAD, a business he built from the ground up. He also held various leading roles at CAPM Investments, Finance House, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, and National Bank of Dubai.

Sameh Al Qubaisi holds a B.A. in International Relations and two minors in Political Science and Economics from Rollins College, USA.

Emma Al Jahouri is the General Counsel for Group Finance and Regulatory Affairs at Mubadala Investment Company. In this role, Emma’s practice covers an eclectic range including debt and capital markets transactions, treasury operations and valuations as well as sanctions, foreign direct investments, anti-trust and dispute resolution for the Mubadala group. Emma is involved in advising Mubadala’s 6 international offices and assets in over 50 countries and across a wide range of industries.

Prior to joining Mubadala in 2016, Emma was the Managing Director for Wholesale Banking and International as part of the Legal and Compliance team at National Bank of Abu Dhabi. In this role, Emma was part of the management team transforming the bank from a predominantly local bank into an international bank with substantive presence in a number of key markets and operating across all banking sectors including islamic finance.

Emma is England and Wales qualified having trained at Clifford Chance in London prior to undertaking secondments to the firm's Paris and Tokyo offices before moving to the region it help establish their Abu Dhabi office.

Dino Wilkinson is a partner based in the Abu Dhabi office and heads the Middle East technology, media and telecommunications law practice.

Dino has advised clients throughout the region on technology contracting, data protection and cybersecurity for more than ten years. He has also worked with regional governments and regulatory authorities on a number of significant legislative developments in this area, including the drafting of electronic commerce laws, data sharing regulations and privacy legislation.

Dino’s expertise spans all types of technology-related contracts, including outsourcing agreements, software development and licensing, data processing, research and collaboration agreements. He has worked on projects of both regional and international significance, including mobile app and internet product launches, national digital wallet schemes and ICT infrastructure rollouts.

Dino’s clients include government departments, state-owned entities and private sector organisations in the Middle East. He also helps international clients to navigate legal and regulatory issues in the region.

James Brady is a partner in Cleary Gottlieb’s London office, and focuses his practice on dispute resolution, investigations, and enforcement.

James has substantial experience representing some of the world’s leading organisations on a wide range of commercial disputes, banking disputes, international arbitrations and regulatory investigations. He has considerable trial experience, and his work frequently involves complex multijurisdictional matters and high-stakes disputes. He has written on ESG trends in dispute resolution, and advises clients on disputes related to ESG matters.

He has been named a commercial litigation and arbitration “Rising Star” by Legal Week, and is described by legal directories as “clever, hard-working and very dedicated,” “sharp and thoughtful,” “personable and highly intelligent,” with the ability to “manage both the legal team and clients to achieve the best results”.

Mark Mangan leads Dechert’s international arbitration practice in Asia, appearing as counsel in over 50 cases, arising all around the world, and as arbitrator on over 25 occasions.

The disputes on which Mark and his team have been engaged arise across a broad range of sectors, including most relevantly for this conference two recent cases involving cryptocurrencies (one as counsel and another as arbitrator). Other areas of focus include oil and gas (including the first LNG price reviews in Asia to be arbitrated), mining, nuclear energy, renewables, high technology (including satellites), construction, life sciences, private equity, food and beverage, and telecommunications. Post M&A, shareholder and accounting disputes have also featured in recent times. Mark has acted for both investors and states in several investment treaty disputes, while also being one of the few lawyers based in Asia with an active sports law practice.

Mark’s team was recently awarded Arbitration Team of the Year in the Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards 2020 and 2021, while Mark was personally short-listed for the prestigious Private Practice Lawyer of the Year award.

Paul Coates is a partner in Clifford Chance's Litigation, Arbitration and Regulatory Group, based in the firm's Dubai office, having previously worked in both London and Singapore. Paul has spent over eight years practicing in the Middle East and heads Clifford Chance's construction disputes practice in the region. He advises on a wide range of international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, both on an ad hoc and institutional basis, and has experience of advising on the rules of many of the major institutions, including the DIAC, LCIA, ICC, LMAA, AAA and ICSID.

Paul's work spans many jurisdictions and economic sectors, with a particular focus on disputes arising out of large-scale construction and energy projects. He is also a member of the DIFC Court's Arbitration Working Group.

Sam Karim QC (Sheikh Mohammed Samiul Karim) is a specialist in domestic and international commercial arbitration. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the DIFC Court and the ADGM. He is a panel arbitrator for the ADGM Arbitration Centre and the International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration. He speaks throughout the world on international arbitration including recently the IBA in South Korea and GAR Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Paris in particular the role of AI in the law and the need for regulation. Sam is the editor of Karim on International Arbitration: The Global Guide for Practitioners, to be published in 2022. He is also published in the area of AI & arbitration and Islamic finance.

Lara Hammoud has been practicing international arbitration for two decades. She is qualified in France and has worked at the ICC International Court of Arbitration and practiced in the International Arbitration Group of Shearman & Sterling before joining the disputes team at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as senior legal counsel.

Lara acts as chair of tribunals, sole arbitrator or party-appointed arbitrator in construction and commercial arbitrations in both common and civil law jurisdictions under the rules of arbitration of UNCITRAL, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ADCCAC and ICC in arbitrations seated in Europe and the Middle East

Lara speaks Arabic, English, French and Italian and is the writer and editor of numerous articles and books relating to international arbitration. She also regularly appears as speaker in international conferences and arbitration workshops.

Lara is also a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

In 1989, Essam Al Tamimi established what is now the largest law firm in the Middle East, Al Tamimi & Company and currently holds the position of Chairman at the firm. Essam has over thirty four (34) years of experience in litigation and arbitration in the UAE and the GCC countries covering almost all fields of law, both private and public law, including matters relating to corporate and commercial law, banking and financial law, real estate and property law, across several industries and sectors.

He has been involved in drafting laws and regulations and has assisted federal and local governments in drafting laws and regulations relating to a range of sectors. These have included the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Dubai Internet and Media City free zones, the Abu Dhabi government in privatization of water and electricity and played a major role in drafting the privatization and ADWEA laws and regulations, assisted the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry in drafting the Federal Industrial law and implementing regulations, contributed to the drafting of the relevant laws for establishing several Free Zones in the UAE, assisted Dubai International Financial Centre Authority in drafting number of laws and regulations relating to the DIFC Authority, the DIFC Court and the DIFC Arbitration Centre and have been actively involved in commenting and reviewing most of the federal laws including the Arbitration law, Commercial Companies law and the Consumer Protection law. He has extensive experience in regulatory matters and has assisted local and federal governments on regulatory issues.

Essam’s principal place of practice is Dubai, United Arab Emirates but he also has extensive experience in advising and assisting clients throughout the Arab region where he has worked and advised and attended to projects in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and Iraq.

In addition to his role as counsel in numerous arbitration matters, Essam has also acted as an expert witness in a wide array of litigious matters. Essam has also been appointed as an arbitrator and chair of arbitral tribunals in arbitration proceedings under ADCCAC, CRCICA, DIAC, LCIA, ICC and PCA Rules.

Essam was on the ICC Court and formerly acted as Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, Paris and is the former Chair of the ICC UAE Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He is now a member of the Steering Committee of the ICC UAE Commission on Arbitration and ADR, served as Chairman and is Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is the Founder and Patron of the UAE Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, member of the International Bar Association, served as member of the LCIA Court, served as President of the LCIA Arab Users Council. He has served a number of years as member of the board of The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). He is actively involved in development of arbitration laws in the region and for the training and development of arbitration in the UAE and the region. His practice focuses primarily on local and international clients in shipping, banking, intellectual property, commercial agency, joint venture, construction and commercial litigation. Essam has published a number of articles and books on litigation and arbitration in the UAE and setting up business in the region. He has received Gulf Legal Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the Gulf Legal Market. He is on the editorial advisory board of the ICLR and GAR, former Co-Chair of the IBA Rule of Law Forum, member of the Review Committee of Energy Arbitrators List, member of the Advisory Board of IBA’s Eyewitness to Atrocities, member of the Advisory Board of the BCDR International Arbitration Review, member of the FIAA Board of Trustees, member of the American Law Institute(ALI), member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), member of the Board of Trustees of Ajman University, received Lifetime Achievement Award from International Financial Law Review (IFLR), is a member of the Arab Arbitration Group of the ICC, member of the SIAC Users Council and is a fellow and faculty member of the International Dispute Resolution Academy (IDRA). Essam is an appointed member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board, which has been established to consolidate, represent and protect the interests of Dubai-based companies.

Eamon advises private and public sector entities on telecommunications, internet of things, cloud computing, e-commerce, digital transformation, data protection, cyber-crime and cyber security.

Zainab is based in Invesco’s Dubai International Financial Centre office and is responsible for developing and leading Invesco’s wholesale and institutional business across the Middle East and Africa. She leads a team that represents Invesco’s full range of investment strategies across a broad set of asset classes and vehicles to private and retail banks, sovereign investors, pension funds, investment companies and family offices.

Zainab has more than 15 years’ experience in the asset management industry, spanning London and Dubai within sales, marketing and strategy roles. Prior to joining Invesco in 2009, Zainab was part of Fidelity International’s Middle East & UK Institutional Marketing and Sales team in London from 2005 – 2009. Prior to this, Zainab began her career as a Technical Analyst for Stockcube Research in London where she analysed Asia Pacific Equities and advised on market timing decisions.

Zainab holds a degree in Economics and International Studies from The University of Warwick, the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society UK, and the Certificate in Securities and Financial Derivatives. She is fluent is both Arabic and English.

Ibtissem Lassoued has extensive experience advising international clients on a spectrum of complex, multijurisdictional white collar crime issues, including but not limited to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, global economic sanctions, anti-corruption issues including the extraterritorial effect of the US FCPA and UK Bribery act, complex fraud, extradition and INTERPOL notices, and Capital Market investigations. Ibtissemoffers clients a full and practical knowledge of the remit of inter-governmental organizations, in particular in relation to the FATF and MENAFATF, and the effect of these on anti-corruption efforts, confiscation of the proceeds of crime, de-risking and the reporting of suspicious transactions.

Ibtissem has been ranked as Band 1 in Chambers Global for Corporate Investigations for 6 consecutive years since the category’s inclusion and is commended for being ‘a brilliant practitioner’, ‘as passionate about her area of expertise as she is knowledgeable’ and ‘stunningly good at what she does’

In February 2021, Ibtissem was appointed as the Chair of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime Middle East and North Africa Chapter. Her work with the Global Coalition involves strategic oversight and direction of the Global Coalition’s activity in all MENA countries and active involvement in the development of an effective financial crime system across the public and private sectors. In 2019, she was ranked amongst Financial News’ 50 Most Influential Women in Middle East Finance, and is currently serving as a member of the International Advisory Board of the CEELI Institute, a non-profit non-governmental organisation based in Prague, Czech Republic, dedicated to advancing the rule of law

Nick is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer and advocate based in London with over 20 years’ experience of international arbitration, complex commercial litigation and ADR.. He is head of the London international arbitration team at Bird & Bird LLP and has also previously been based in Singapore.

Nick has broad sector experience across Technology, Energy/Power, Mining, Financial Services, Hotels & Leisure, Transport/Aviation, Automotive, Manufacturing & Industrials and Chemicals.

Nick is an experienced solicitor-advocate and has argued cases as counsel before arbitral tribunals seated in numerous different jurisdictions, as well as appearing before the English High Court in arbitration-related proceedings. Nick also sits as arbitrator under various institutional rules and ad hoc both as a sole arbitrator and as part of a panel.

Nick currently serve as a director of the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in London, a Users Council member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and a Council member for the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA).

Nick is recognised as a leading practitioner and thought leader in international arbitration by various directories and journals, including Chambers, Legal 500, Global Arbitration Review, Benchmark Litigation, and others. Chambers Global legal directory describes him as 'in demand as a leading arbitration lawyer', and reports client comments that 'He delivers what he says he can deliver. He's our first port of call for bet-the-company litigation."

Nick works with clients and co-counsel to plan and execute strategies for the most efficient, effective, and advantageous resolution of their commercial disputes.

Simon Dodds is Of Counsel in the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory practice in Shearman & Sterling's London office. Simon was formerly Co-General Counsel at Deutsche Bank AG. His broad experience includes advising the board and senior management on legal and regulatory matters across corporate and investment banking, global markets, asset and wealth management. Simon has also advised on major litigation and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as all types of legal and regulatory matters relating to transactions, sales and trading, bank lending and outsourcing.

Dr. Al Kuwaiti is currently holding the position of the Managing Director of the National Data Centre under the Supreme Council for National Security. He is also working as Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Homeland Security Program at Rabdan Academy.

In his current role Dr. Al Kuwaiti aims to create a fully governed approach to data privacy, sharing and processing as well as the unification and connectivity of government systems and digitization towards a smart government

In 2013, Dr. Al Kuwaiti joined the National Electronic Security Authority and held He held various positions. As the Executive Director of Government Operations, where he managed the National and International government relations. Executive Director of Operations Analysis and Cyber Security.

In 2011, Dr. Al Kuwaiti was the Chief Technical Analyst at Ministry of Interior where he directed and managed various technical and administrative tasks. He also held other positions, such as Operations Director and CTO of the Counter Terrorism Center. He was also stationed as a Defense, Air, and Naval Military Attaché at the Embassy of The United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Al-Kuwaiti has published numerous studies and lectured at many conferences such as IEEE, RSA, Cyber Warfare Europe, Tele Strategies, ISS World MEA, IDEX, International Anti-Cyber Crimes Conference, Future War Summit etc., Dr. Al-Kuwaiti presented the UAE Cyber Security Framework at INTERPOL in Singapore. He also organized various events such as National Cyber Security Exercise and Cyber Quest.

His interests are consulting on detecting, monitoring and responding to cyber warfare, Network Forensics, Corporate Governance & Process, and national cyber policy. He is an honorable member of Society of Engineers – UAE, IEEE Society, Golden Key National Honor Society and Computer Society. He is a visiting lecturer on Cyber Security at few universities such as Khalifa University and National Defense College in Abu Dhabi.

With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Al-Kuwaiti holds a Doctorate in Computer Engineering and Network Security from George Washington University in the USA and a M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications and Computer Networks. He also holds a M.A. degree in International and Civil Security. Dr. Al-Kuwaiti has won various awards such as Best Lecturer, Dean honors list, leadership Awards, best Design Projects.

An entrepreneur and investor for more than 25 years, Christophe Reech has a track record of identifying, realising and scaling transformative innovation. Building on his early successful career in derivatives trading, real estate investment and growing successful fintech businesses, Christophe is now Group CEO and Chairman of Reech Corporations Group, the active holding company for a diversified portfolio of international businesses, capitalising on market anomalies across real estate, technology and financial services, globally. In 2020, the group deployed over $1billion, investing standalone and in collaboration with some of the world’s leading sovereign wealth, endowment, family office and other long-term investors with whom Christophe has a longstanding association. Christophe was recently recognised as one of the 100 most influential people in the Swiss real estate industry in Immobilien Business’s 2021 Who's Who and was also appointed to the Advisory Council of Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Jane Witherspoon is Bureau Chief of Euronews in Dubai. Jane joined Euronews in January 2019 with a special focus on news and magazine programmes. She is regularly featured in some of Euronews’ best-known titles, like Target, Business Line and Taste. Recent public speaking engagements include hosting and moderating sessions at the Tourism Recovery Summit and the 5th anniversary of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute in Riyadh, the Global Cybersecurity Forum, 2019 World Government Summit and 2020 GITEX and Ai Everything conferences at Dubai World Trade Centre. Prior to Euronews, she worked as entertainment correspondent for Sky News and news reporter for the BBC. She also conducted extensive work as a freelancer for ITV, Reuters, and Getty. During these years, Jane covered significant events such as the US Presidential elections, the London Olympics, and the Oscars, and interviewed numerous A-list stars, like Madonna, George Clooney, and Tom Cruise, as well as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former PM David Cameron. Jane holds a BA (Hons) degree in Media for the Liverpool John Moores University.

Joseph Kisrwani is Group Senior Legal Counsel at e& (formally known as Etisalat Group).

Joseph is an Australian lawyer with extensive experience in technology, intellectual property, data privacy, global risks and telecom matters in Australia, Middle East and Africa.

Prior to joining Etisalat in 2014, Joseph worked in Australia with Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia), a global telecom solution provider and for his last role, he transferred to the UAE in 2012 to take over as General Counsel for Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

Joseph currently heads the Group Legal Assurance function at e& where he is responsible for managing group wide legal risks including the compliance, litigation and arbitration areas as well as the emerging and changing landscape of data protection and privacy across e& operational footprint.

As he is undertaking the digital transformation journey from a traditional telecom company into a technology focused provider offering seamless digital solutions and services to both enterprises and consumers, Joseph has for the last year been working as part of a multi-functional team to conduct extensive deep dives and reviews of data processing activities across the business units to identify and mitigate against the risk implications arising from such transformation.

Mohammed Al Muhtadi is a highly accomplished cybersecurity and information governance professional with over 12 years of experience in leading and implementing security solutions and mitigation plans.

As the Chief Information Security Officer of Injazat, Mohamed is responsible for spearheading and improving the security programs, assessment of the organization’s digital landscape, managing disaster recovery and providing cybersecurity awareness training.

In the span of his career, Mohammed has helped corporate giants in the region such as Du, Dubai World, Masdar, General Electric and ENOC to design, implement, operate, grow, and manage their digital infrastructure. Highly qualified, Mohammed holds an MBA and a Bachelors degree in Information Technology with over 13 certifications ranging from ethical hacking to data privacy solutions.

The rich and extensive experience he has gained in his previous roles has fully equipped him with the tools needed to support any company’s security and information strategies and ensure a smooth flow of operations within the team.

Bill Watts is the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners. Previously, Bill served as Of Counsel in the corporate department of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C., where he was a senior member of the investment funds practice, regularly advising fund sponsors and institutional investors on structuring, strategy, and ongoing regulatory considerations. Previously, Bill was Counsel in the corporate practice group at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP. Before entering private practice, he spent nearly six years with Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, a global investment management firm, serving as the firm's Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Regulatory Affairs, and Corporate Secretary. Bill began his career as a Staff Attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Enforcement. Bill has a BA and JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Nasreen was appointed as Global General Counsel, HSBC Markets and Securities Services on March 1st 2022. She is currently continuing to act as Regional General Counsel for HSBC in Middle East and Turkey, before handing this role over to her successor.

Prior to HSBC, Nasreen was General Counsel and Company Secretary for Shuaa Capital, a regional publicly listed investment and asset manager.

Between 2007 and 2010, she held various positions as senior legal counsel or general counsel with Dubai International Capital and Mars Inc.

Nasreen started her legal career as an associate with the Capital Markets and Derivatives Group at Allen & Overy. She then moved to Jordan in 2005 and worked as of Counsel at Zubi Law Office.

She graduated cum laude with her B.A in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University in 1997 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000. She is a member of the New York State Bar and the Jordan Bar Associations.

Roly has 10 years’ experience in risk management with the last 5 being dedicated to Cyber Security. As Vice President – MEA for Darktrace, Roly works with a wide range of businesses in the region to increase their cyber resilience and operationalise Artificial Intelligence based approaches to security in their environments.

Laurence Thébault is a senior lawyer with expertise in French and EU banking and financial regulation, private international law and CSR and sustainable finance. She began her career in the diplomatic sector at the Hague Conference on Private International Law and joined the banking sector in 2009 (BNP Paribas, based in Paris). She is currently Global Manager of Regulatory within the Legal Department of the BNP Paribas Group. The Regulatory team is a global department with lawyers in the Americas, Asia and EMEA who are responsible for supporting the Group in the anticipation, identification and implementation of the new financial and banking regulations. Laurence has also created the Legal CSR & Sustainable Finance Practice which she now heads up, working in close collaboration with the Company Engagement and the CSR Departments of the BNP Paribas Group.

She holds a EU Masters in Law (LLM) and a Masters of Business Administration.