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Speaker Biographies Page 1 of 24 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Session 101: Lawyers as the backbone of the organization and champions for change Moderator: Thomas Sabatino Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Walgreen Co Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr. is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Walgreen Co., based in Deerfield, Ill. He joined Walgreens in September 2011 after having held general counsel roles with United Airlines, Inc., Schering-Plough Corporation, Baxter International Inc., and American Medical International, Inc. After beginning his career with a law firm and then moving into corporate law, Sabatino was named president and CEO in 1990 of privately-held medical products manufacturer and distributor Secure Medical, Inc., of Mundelein, Ill. In 1992, he joined American Medical International, a Dallas-based for-profit hospital chain with 40 acute-care hospitals. Three years later he joined Baxter International and was named senior vice president and general counsel for the company in 1997. Sabatino moved to Schering-Plough in 2004 as executive vice president and general counsel for global law and public affairs. In March 2010, he was appointed general counsel of United Airlines and immediately took a leading role in its merger negotiations with Continental Airlines, Inc. Sabatino left United Continental Holdings, Inc. in 2011 after completion of the merger. Sabatino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., in 1980 and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1983. He is a member of the bar in Massachusetts, Illinois and California. He serves on the board of directors of Alliance Boots, GmbH; the board of directors of Unigene Laboratories, Inc.; the board of directors of the Association of Corporate Counsel as its Chair; the advisory board of Corporate Pro Bono; and the board of directors of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Richard Bennett Consultant, Norton Rose LLP Richard Bennett joined Norton Rose as a Consultant following more than 30 years of experience working at HSBC Holdings plc. Based in London, Richard provides Norton Rose with his invaluable knowledge of the challenges faced by General Counsel. Richard joined HSBC in 1979 and held various local and international roles based in Hong Kong over the next 18 years. He was Deputy Group Legal Adviser in the period 1988-1992 and then served as Head of Legal and Compliance, Asia/Pacific before returning to the UK to take up the position of Group General Manager and Group Head of Legal and Compliance from 1 January 1998. He was appointed a Group Managing Director with effect from 3 May 2011 and retired from HSBC at the end of 2012.

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Session 101: Lawyers as the backbone of the organization and champions for change Moderator: Thomas Sabatino Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Walgreen Co Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr. is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Walgreen Co., based in Deerfield, Ill. He joined Walgreens in September 2011 after having held general counsel roles with United Airlines, Inc., Schering-Plough Corporation, Baxter International Inc., and American Medical International, Inc. After beginning his career with a law firm and then moving into corporate law, Sabatino was named president and CEO in 1990 of privately-held medical products manufacturer and distributor Secure Medical, Inc., of Mundelein, Ill. In 1992, he joined American Medical International, a Dallas-based for-profit hospital chain with 40 acute-care hospitals. Three years later he joined Baxter International and was named senior vice president and general counsel for the company in 1997. Sabatino moved to Schering-Plough in 2004 as executive vice president and general counsel for global law and public affairs. In March 2010, he was appointed general counsel of United Airlines and immediately took a leading role in its merger negotiations with Continental Airlines, Inc. Sabatino left United Continental Holdings, Inc. in 2011 after completion of the merger. Sabatino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., in 1980 and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1983. He is a member of the bar in Massachusetts, Illinois and California. He serves on the board of directors of Alliance Boots, GmbH; the board of directors of Unigene Laboratories, Inc.; the board of directors of the Association of Corporate Counsel as its Chair; the advisory board of Corporate Pro Bono; and the board of directors of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Richard Bennett Consultant, Norton Rose LLP Richard Bennett joined Norton Rose as a Consultant following more than 30 years of experience working at HSBC Holdings plc. Based in London, Richard provides Norton Rose with his invaluable knowledge of the challenges faced by General Counsel. Richard joined HSBC in 1979 and held various local and international roles based in Hong Kong over the next 18 years. He was Deputy Group Legal Adviser in the period 1988-1992 and then served as Head of Legal and Compliance, Asia/Pacific before returning to the UK to take up the position of Group General Manager and Group Head of Legal and Compliance from 1 January 1998. He was appointed a Group Managing Director with effect from 3 May 2011 and retired from HSBC at the end of 2012.

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A qualified lawyer in the UK, Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia, Mr Bennett took an LLB from Bristol University. He qualified as a solicitor with Stephenson Harwood in London (1976), where he was employed as an assistant solicitor until he joined HSBC. Richard is married with two adult sons and his interests include rugby, golf and wine. Fabrizio Minneci Chief Legal Officer, Ferrero International Fabrizio Minneci is Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Legal Officer at Ferrero, the confectionary group (with brands such as Nutella, Rocher, Mon Chéri, Kinder and Tic Tac) which he joined in 2008. Prior to that Fabrizio worked 12 years for Ford Motor Company’s Office of the General Counsel with assignments in the United Kingdom, United States and Germany. He started his professional career with an Italian law firm in Brussels specializing in competition law. Fabrizio is fluent in Italian, English and French. Ignacio Redondo Andreu General Counsel, CaixaBank SA Mr. Ignacio Redondo is the General Counsel of the Legal Counselling Department of CaixaBank, where he manages all the tax, legal and regulatory issues of CaixaBank and its affiliates. He manages a staff of more than 80 people (95% lawyers), and works with many different Spanish and international law firms. Prior to holding that position, Mr. Redondo was General Secretary and Board Secretary of the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Market Commission, CMT) for three years. He started working as a lawyer for the Spanish Government where, during five years, he conducted criminal, contentious-administrative and social affairs. Mr. Redondo’s career also includes a teaching role as an associate lecturer in Administrative Law for three years in Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), the publication of several articles and the deliverance of lectures related to law. Trying to complete his skills, he followed an Advanced Management Program at Esade University (Barcelona).

Axel Viaene EMEA Legal Director and Corporate Counsel, Starbucks Coffee EMEA BV Axel Viaene joined Starbucks Coffee as EMEA Legal Director, Corporate Counsel in 2003. He is based at the company’s European headquarters and roasting facility in Amsterdam. His responsibilities include providing legal counsel and training to the European Starbucks business on a broad range of issues, particularly in the areas of commercial, licensing, franchise, M&A, real estate, employment, competition, contract management, corporate governance and environmental law and works councils.

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Prior to joining Starbucks, Axel served from 2000 until 2003 as Benelux Legal Director for Dell Inc., based in Amsterdam, advising the Belgian and Dutch management teams and helping to set up the company’s government relations function in Brussels. Prior to Dell, Axel worked as international associate attorney at the global headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta from 1997 until 2000. Axel has been a member of the New York Bar since 1998 and served as President of the Board of Directors of the European Chapter of ACC during the 2009-2010 term. Mr. Viaene received an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a recipient of Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial and Fulbright scholarships, and is a graduate of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Law School in Belgium. He is fluent in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Volker Weisshaar General Counsel Sonos Europe & Member EMEA Board, Sonos Inc Volker Weisshaar has over 20 years of experience in international legal work in Europe and in the US, most recently as General Counsel EMEA for Sonos, a global manufacturer of wireless HiFi systems. He spent most of his career as counsel for the high-tech and communication industry, at large public companies as well as at start-ups. From 2002 until 2011 as General Counsel EMEA at NetApp, a global Fortune 500 company, providing data storage and management systems. Next to his in-house role, Volker is also a co-founder and director of PixFirst, a start-up offering Software-as-a-Service for photographers. This dual role helps him to not forget, what the business expects from their counsel. Volker holds a law degree from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, and is admitted to practice law in Germany.

Session 102: Legal and compliance: two worlds or only two faces of the same coin? Enrique Aznar Chief Integrity Officer, Millicom International Cellular Enrique joined Millicom International Cellular in March 2011 as Head of Corporate Governance & Compliance - Chief Integrity Officer. Millicom is a leading international telecommunications and media company dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa, operating in 15 countries. Millicom offers innovative and customer-centric products. The Millicom Group employs more than 8,000 people and provides mobile services, access to the internet, content and financial services to over 45 million customers. Founded in 1990, Millicom International Cellular SA is headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the symbol MIC. In 2012, Millicom generated revenue of USD 4.81 billion and EBITDA of USD 2.07 billion. Enrique is based in the company's headquarters in Luxembourg and reports to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is responsible to implement Millicom's Integrity program in the company's operations and is also responsible for monitoring the company's worldwide activities and transactions to ensure that business is conducted in an ethical and legal manner and that policies and procedures are followed to reduce the risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations. Before joining Millicom, Enrique was Nokia Siemens Networks' Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, based in Finland, from where he managed NSN's Ethics and Compliance function in its 150 operations worldwide. Between May 2005 and January 2009 Enrique was Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Europe, Middle East & Africa for Tyco International. He was a member of the Tyco EMEA

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Legal Leadership Team responsible for the development of the innovative legal services model that Tyco successfully implemented in EMEA known as 'SMARTER' (Segment and Subject Management, Regional Teams and External Resources). Enrique is a qualified lawyer in Spain and England and Wales. He earned a Master of Arts in International & Comparative Business Law in London in 1993 and obtained a Business Management Program certificate (PDD) at IESE Business School in 2002. Previously, he worked as Western European Regional Counsel at Dell Inc. (Madrid, 2000-05), Senior Associate at Freshfields (Madrid, 1997-2000), Solicitor at the Office of the General Counsel of Price Waterhouse (London, 1994-97) and Tax and Legal advisor with Arthur Andersen (Barcelona, 1989-92). He speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, French and Italian. Maria Echeverria-Torres Head of Legal & Compliance, West & South East Europe, Nokia Siemens Networks Maria has spent much of her career advising high tech and telecommunications companies on legal, governance and compliance topics. She joined Nokia Siemens Networks in January 2010 where she serves the company in the position of Head Legal & Compliance in West Europe and South East Europe regions. In her current role Maria acts as advisor to the senior management team across legal, compliance and regulatory matters and leads a multinational team of lawyers working from different locations. Maria started her career as an attorney at General Motors, went to Electronic Data Systems (currently Hewlett Packard) and then to Nortel Networks where she supported global projects and transactions. Maria holds a Master in Law from the IE Business School in Madrid and earned a graduate in Law from the University of Spain. Mark Poag Senior Vice President, Legal, Marketing & Strategic Alliances, Datacert Inc D. Mark Poag is Senior Vice President of Legal, Marketing, and Strategic Alliances at Datacert. In this capacity he oversees all transactional, litigation, and regulatory activities for the company, as well as Datacert’s marketing and communication functions. Poag is also responsible for overseeing the evaluation and execution of strategic alliance opportunities and is credited with driving the execution of Datacert’s broad-based partner network. Since joining the company, Poag has been instrumental in shaping the strategic direction of Datacert’s product line. He was also recognized as “Outstanding Solo Corporate Counsel” by the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Houston Business Journal. As a key industry thought leader, Poag has authored or been featured in numerous published articles. Prior to joining Datacert, Poag was co-founder and President and CEO of DigiContract, which was acquired by Datacert in 2001. Under his leadership, DigiContract successfully raised private equity, built an accomplished team, and developed a compelling product in a new market. Before DigiContract, Poag practiced corporate law at Bracewell & Patterson, LLP where he helped clients close numerous structured finance and M&A transactions. Poag is an active member of many esteemed professional organizations, including the Association of Corporate Counsel, American Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas. He holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, an MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, and a juris doctorate from Tulane University School of Law.

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Session 103: Protecting your brand in a global marketplace: enforcing IP rights/arbitration Katerina Galanopoulou Intellectual Property Manager, Microsoft Greece Katerina was born and raised in Varda Ilia, a small town in Greece. She studied law at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and got a master's degree (LLM) in International Commercial Law from the University of Canterbury, Kent. She did her trainee practice at the law office of Mr. Sotiris Felios (ex-president of the CCBE IT Committee), and later worked with the Ernst & Young law firm in Greece (Potamitis – Iliadou). Over the last eight years, she has worked as in-house counsel to IT companies, including Oracle and Microsoft. She is the Chair of the local committee of the Business Software Alliance and the Intellectual Property Rights Committee of the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce. For the last five years, she has served as one of the two representatives of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) in Greece. She has appeared as a speaker on the role of in-house lawyers at various international conferences, including ACC and the Strategy Meetings of the International Business Development Group. She has a 1-year-old little girl. In her spare time, she is part of an amateur theater group and enjoys playing electric bass guitar. Her favorite authors are Jorge Luis Borges and Jose Saramago. Peter O'Byrne Group Counsel - Brand and Marketing, The Body Shop International PLC Peter has been the Group Counsel – Brand & Marketing at The Body Shop International plc since 2012. His legal practice commenced in Melbourne, Australia before he joined Baker & McKenzie, London in 2003. Peter has acted in high profile intellectual property disputes before the EU Court of Justice, World Motor Sport Council, Federal Court of Australia and the English High Court and Court of Appeal and has extensive experience in managing regional and global brand enforcement programmes for famous brands. Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade Lawyer, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva (Lex Mundi) Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade is an associate of Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (MLGTS), the Portuguese member of the Lex Mundi association of independent law firms. Aside from being an attorney-at-law, Vasco is an accredited industrial property agent with the Portuguese Patent and Trademark Office, and a recognised professional representative before the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM) in Alicante, Spain. Prior to MLGTS, where he has been practising intellectual property law since 2008, Vasco worked as an IP consultant with several other Portuguese and multi-national firms based in Lisbon, also having had a brief stint at the Portuguese Patent and Trademark Office. His professional experience ranges from litigation to intellectual property protection and commercial exploitation. Vasco holds a law degree from the Lusíada University (Lisbon) and a LL.M from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). He also holds a M.A. degree in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). He is married with 4 children.

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Vasco is a member of several intellectual property associations, including LES España-Portugal and INTA, and has several published articles in the field.

Session 104: West meets East: cultural and legal issues from Europe’s eastern frontier into Asia Moderator: Nicholas Azis Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Nick Azis is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, based in its London office. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Nick has advised on a broad range of UK domestic and cross-border public and private company M&A principally in the energy/natural resources, IPMT, manufacturing and commodities sectors. Nick has “a wealth of experience as well as practical business sense” (Legal 500 UK 2012) and is “able to straddle a variety of roles simultaneously” (Legal 500 UK 2011). Languages: English and French. Education: College of Law, LLB, 1992; Bristol University, BA, (Hons First Class), 1988. Gefion Hauer General Counsel, HEAD Group Since 2003, Gefion Hauer is General Counsel of the HEAD Sports Group, a leading global manufacturer of sporting goods (tennis rackets, tennis balls, skis, ski boots, bindings, snowboards, sportswear, scuba diving) branded “HEAD”, “PENN”, “MARES” or “TYROLIA”. HEAD is listed at the Vienna Stock Exchange. As General Counsel she is responsible for HEAD’s group legal affairs worldwide, which includes all kinds of International Contracts (such as Sourcing and Supply Agreements, Sponsorship Agreements, Research & Development Agreements, License Agreements, Distribution contracts), Cross Border Transactions (joint venture agreements in Asia and Europe; sale and purchases of production sites, due diligences), Corporate Financial Agreements (issuance of Bonds, credit facility agreements), Intellectual Property issues (trademarks and patents), and Capital Markets Law. Prior to joining HEAD Sports Group, Gefion Hauer worked for a number of years as associate for Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer in Vienna and Brussels. Gefion Hauer holds a doctor’s degree in law from the University of Vienna, Austria and obtained a master’s degree in law (LLM) from the University of Manchester, UK. She speaks German, English, Spanish and French. Andrzej Marszal Vice President, Legal & European General Counsel, Quad/Graphics Europe LLC Since January 2010 Andrzej has sat on the Executive Management Board and has led the legal department of Quad/Graphics Inc’s European subsidiary, based in Poland. Quad/Graphics Inc. is publically traded on the NYSE and is one of the world’s largest printing companies with approximately $5 billion USD in sales. In his role as European GC, Andrzej is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal activities in over fifteen countries located throughout Europe, activities which include government relations, compliance, corporate

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and transactional matters, M&A, civil litigation, overseeing the work of outside counsel, insurance matters and several others. In his role as Vice President, he focuses on business development, looking for growth opportunities in new and developing markets. Prior to joining Quad, Andrzej spent over eight years working for Iron Mountain Inc., likewise a publically traded US based corporation. At Iron Mountain, Andrzej was primarily responsible for opening IM branches in new markets such as Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Scandinavia. Aside from the legal activities connected with real estate, transactional matters, insurance and the like, Andrzej in large part managed the company’s sales and marketing functions in the markets named above. Andrzej has been a member of the Florida Bar (US) for nineteen years. The first years of his career were spent in a Florida-based private practice dealing with family and criminal law, then in the legal department of a Florida-based insurance company. The last sixteen years he has managed a multitude of legal issues in Central and Eastern Europe. He received his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law and is currently studying for an LL.M. in International Law at the College of Law, London, UK. He speaks English and Polish fluently, and has workable knowledge of Russian and Spanish.

Session 105: Managing risk in third party relationships Markus Eckert Legal Counsel Special Projects, Cigna Life Insurance Company of Europe SA-NV Markus Eckert is Legal Counsel Special Projects at Cigna Life Insurance Company of Europe S.A.-N.V. In this role he manages corporate structural governance, compliance and risk management related projects across Europe, Middle East, and Singapore. Markus is also the global legal business partner for Cigna’s new business line for individual health services worldwide. Past project work includes the pioneering and continued management of a Third Party Risk Management programme in Europe, set-up of a new insurance branch in Singapore, as well as the development and implementation of a European compliance structure, including its application to a major acquisition. Markus is a member of the Munich bar association. He studied law at the Universities of Bayreuth/ Germany, and Leuven/ Belgium. He also obtained a Bachelor in Business Law at the University of Bayreuth and is an alumnus of the Association of British Insurers’ Future Leaders programme. Francisco Hernandez-Castillo VP & General Counsel Growth Markets, Tyco International Mr. Hernandez has been recently promoted to be head counsel for international/regional legal, public affairs, compliance and regulatory matters for the corporate office and all divisions of Tyco International in all emerging markets including South Africa, India, China, Middle East, and Latin America. Prior to his current role Mr. Hernandez was Latin America & Caribbean General Counsel for Tyco from July 2007 to February 2013. Mr. Hernandez joined Tyco in May 2005 as Chief Compliance Counsel and Senior Corporate. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Hernandez held various legal advisory positions for multinational corporations, private law firms and institutions including The World Bank, Ingram Micro Inc. and the Beracasa Group. He also held important positions with the Venezuelan Government as Undersecretary for the Legal Department for Internal Affairs, Legal Counsel for the Office of the Secretary for Decentralization, and Head Counsel for the Privatizations Legal Department of the Venezuelan Investment Fund. Mr. Hernandez has been a visiting lecturer at the World Bank, and a law professor at Jose Maria Vargas University School of Law and the

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Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela. Mr Hernandez is a frequent speaker in law seminars and workshops in the US and abroad. Mr. Hernandez is fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. He has an LL.B. from Andres Bello Catholic University, an LL.M from New York University, and LL.M. from Rome University (La Sapienza), and an LL.M. from La Sorbonne (Paris II Assas) University. Mr Hernandez is admitted to practice in NY and FL. Mr Hernandez is active member of the Steering Committee for the South Florida Group of Regional Counsel. Maryam Kennedy Partner, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young LLP Maryam Kennedy is a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice. She has led bribery and corruption, accounting manipulation and regulatory investigations in the former Soviet Republics, Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Europe. Using over 14 years’ experience of investigating poor governance, fraud and corruption in both the public and private sector, Maryam also advises clients on design and implementation of anti- fraud and corruption program. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Maryam was the head of Internal Audit and Investigations for Macmillan Cancer Support, a UK NGO which provides financial and medical support for cancer patients across the UK. In that role, she reported directly to the board of trustees on the effectiveness of the organisation's safeguards and controls in relation to donor funds. Maryam has led forensic projects in Angola, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Latvia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, United Kingdom and United States.

Session 106: Corporate Social Responsibility: multinational companies adopting corporate codes of conduct with social provisions Stephen J Hirschfeld Chief Executive Officer, Employment Law Alliance Stephen J. Hirschfeld is a partner with the law firm of Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, in San Francisco, California. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Law Alliance, the world's largest network of labor and employment lawyers. His practice involves labor and employment law on behalf of management in both the private and public sector. Mr. Hirschfeld advises clients on day-to-day legal issues affecting the workplace. He takes a proactive approach when advising clients, emphasizing creative solutions to employee relations problems. He frequently represents employers in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies on a variety of litigation matters involving the employer-employee relationship. Mr. Hirschfeld has over 30 years of experience handling wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and trade secrets litigation, employment law counseling, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations and union organizing. He has conducted and overseen hundreds of investigations involving employee misconduct and has tried to verdict over 100 cases before juries, courts, arbitrators, administrative law judges and government agencies with a 'win rate' of nearly 90 percent. He has significant cross-border expertise working closely with European, Latin American and Asian-based companies with operations in the US as well as US companies with operations abroad.

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Tanya Jaeger de Foras Vice President and Deputy General Counsel EMEA, Luxottica Group SpA Tanya Jaeger de Foras is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel EMEA of Luxottica Group SpA, with responsibility for legal affairs and M&A EMEA, and international corporate governance. Prior to joining Luxottica, Tanya was Assistant GC at Pfizer Inc, with responsibilities as Chief Counsel Specialty Care EU and Legal Director Pfizer Italia. She originally joined Pfizer’s Corporate Compliance Group where she conducted internal investigations, delivered training and created compliance programming on a global basis. Tanya began her career at Sullivan & Cromwell, specializing in US securities law and international, corporate and project finance. She has extensive experience in international legal affairs and compliance, having lived and worked in Canada, the US, France and Italy, supporting clients in the Americas, Europe and Asia. At Harvard Law School (JD’98), Tanya was a Hewlett Packard Law & Negotiations Scholar and research assistant to Prof. Robert Mnookin of the Harvard Program on Negotiations. She received her BSFS summa cum laude from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1993. Tanya is admitted to the NYS bar and is an active member of associations including the ABA and HLS and GU alumni associations. Danai Voulgari Group Legal Counsel, S&B Industrial Minerals SA September 2011 - today: S&B Group Legal Counsel (& Corporate Governance), and Member of the executive committee. January 2008 - August 2011: S&B Corporate Affairs Manager (Legal Counsel and CSR Manager) and Member of the executive committee. January 2005 - December 2007: Head of the S&B Legal Department. January 1998 - December 2004: S&B Legal Counsel. January 1982 - September 1982: Employee in the National Bank of Greece. 1985-1986: D.E.A. Droit Public – Université de Sorbonne. 1980-1985: Legal studies - Athens University of Law. Mother tongue: Greek. Other languages: English, French, German (basic user). Teaching: M&A seminars in Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA) (2007-2012).

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Session 107: Separating fact from fiction about new software licensing /SaaS/ cloud computing models: advantages, disadvantages, risks and ethical implications Javier Fernández-Samaniego Partner, Bird & Bird LLP Javier Fernández-Samaniego is Managing Partner and founder of Bird & Bird in Madrid and head of the Commercial and Dispute Resolution/IT Group in Spain. Javier has been at the forefront of reaching settlement agreements in some of the biggest disputes in the IT consultancy and media sectors in Spain. He also has very relevant experience in enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation dispute resolution. Javier has advised and represented a large number of local and international companies and is well-known for his expertise relating to the international data transfer, outsourcing transactions and data protection review programs. Javier is an arbitrator at the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid. He is a CEDR accredited mediator and has advised on a number of alternative dispute resolution cases for clients. Javier lectures extensively on technology law, his publications include numerous articles relating to IT Law and data protection issues. He is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Italian. Javier is band 1 in TMT in Chambers & Partners legal directory and tier 1 in Legal 500. Javier won ILO Clients Choice Award in IT in 2010, 2011 and is Best Lawyers’ IT lawyer of the year 2012. Manuel García Sánchez Head of Service International Affairs, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos Manuel García holds a Degree in Economics and a Master Degree in ICT Management. He joined the Spanish Data Protection Authority in 2002, first as a Data Inspector and then, after a secondment in Brussels, as a member of the International Department with responsibilities in police and judicial cooperation and issues related to new technologies. He regularly attends meetings of formal working groups at European level dealing with privacy and data protection issues, particularly those linked with the tasks of the Article 29 Working Party. Ulrike Weinbrenner Deputy General Counsel, Sourcefire International GmbH Ulrike Weinbrenner started her career as a highly regarded in-house counsel and successful leader of in-house legal teams in well known IT companies, after studies of law at the Ruhr University in Bochum and the Rheinische Wilhelms Universität in Bonn. During her referendariat in Hamburg she spent a nine months faculty with an international law firm in San Francsico. Her first assingment was with the legal department of Hoesch AG, the Ruhr steel giant Here she got first contacts with software development and realated legal issues. In 1992 Ulrike joined Microsoft in the early days, then for 10 years was Sun Microsystem's Counsel for the DACH region. Then joining Motorola in an EMEA role, leading the newly formed joint EMEA patent and legal department. For 5 years Ulrike then became Salesforce.com's EMEA General Counsel building the legal support structure for Salesforce.com's expanding cloud business. After an interim assignment at Citrix Online, where she helped build a structure to successfully integrate a newly acquired German company into the expanding US parent company, in August 2013 Ulrike joined Sourcefire

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International GmbH. as Deputy General Counsel supporting Sourcefire's expanding EMEA and Asia Pacific business.

Session 108: International mediation and negotiation of transnational disputes: cultural dynamics, language, jurisdictions James MacPherson Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA) James MacPherson is CEO of the BCDR-AAA, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution in partnership with the largest ADR service provider, the American Arbitration Association. The “Free Arbitration Zone” and “Statutory ADR Tribunals” are both world firsts which distinguish the BCDR-AAA as leaders in innovative ADR. As a bilingual (English and French) international Conflict Resolution expert with twenty years experience within the public and private sectors, James has been a successful Mediator, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Trainer, ADR Advisor & Systems Designer, and Drafter of ADR Legislation. Currently, he is an active Board Member of the International Mediation Institute (IMI) in The Hague. As a Mediator, James has mediated hundreds of disputes including banking, employment, insurance and commercial disputes for large multinationals. He has helped parties settle thousands of disputes related to organizational conflict, insurance, contractual, technology & intellectual property, community, agriculture and indigenous land claim disputes. James has extensive experience across the Middle East having served as Country Director with the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative, focusing on judicial and legal reform programs within the Ministries of Justice and delivering training programs to judges and lawyers in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and Syria. Recently, he conducted ADR training in French with Moroccan lawyers in Rabat. James holds a BA in history and political science from Bishop's, University of Toronto and an LLB from the University of Edinburgh. Richard Naimark Senior Vice President, American Arbitration Association (AAA) Richard W. Naimark is Senior Vice President of American Arbitration Association in charge of International of the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). He is the founder and former Executive Director of the Global Center for Dispute Resolution Research which conducted research in arbitration and ADR for disputes in cross-border transactions. Mr. Naimark is an experienced mediator and facilitator, having served as a neutral in a wide variety of organizational settings. Experience includes work with the United Nations (UNCITRAL); government; universities; corporate; construction; computer; real estate; land use; insurance; and non-profit subject areas. Mr. Naimark is also responsible for legislative monitoring functions and has held positions responsible for Strategy, Outreach, E-Commerce, and most other areas of operations. Since joining the Association in 1975, Mr. Naimark has conducted hundreds of seminars and training programs on dispute resolution and is co-editor of the book Toward a Science of International Arbitration. Articles recently published include Arbitrators Do Not “Split-the-Baby”: Empirical Evidence from International Business Arbitration, International Private Commercial Arbitration: Expectations and Perceptions of Attorneys

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and Business People, and Analysis Of UNCITRAL Questionnaires On Interim Relief. Mr. Naimark earned a Masters of Science – Business Policy in 1983, from Columbia Business School and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1975). Ute Joas Quinn Associate General Counsel, Hess Services UK Ltd Ute Quinn is employed with Hess as Associate General Counsel for Europe, Middle East, CIS and North Africa. Based in London, Ms. Quinn leads a team working on matters ranging from upstream oil & gas agreements, to operational issues and conflict management. Prior to joining Hess, Ms. Quinn was employed with Royal Dutch Shell, in which she held a variety of leadership roles in matters of conflict management relating to sustainable development, social performance (including human rights, unconventionals and the Arctic), HSE, external affairs and compliance. She also served as General Counsel for the joint venture Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, one of the world’s largest integrated oil & gas (LNG) projects located in Russia. Ms. Quinn has lectured on various subjects concerning conflict management, CSR and (international) commercial transactions. A graduate of Vassar College and the Temple University School of Law, Ms. Quinn started her career in private practice. Ms. Quinn serves as Chair of the International Mediation Institute (IMI), a non-profit organization promoting consensual decisionmaking and the development of mediation as a global profession. Ms. Quinn is also a member of the Steering Committee of Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (CCIAG) and Vice Chair of the IBA Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

Session 109: Negotiation styles and techniques, dealing with confrontation and avoiding common pitfalls Eric Evans Falconbury Ltd Eric is a management consultant specialising in negotiation and dispute resolution. In addition to facilitating negotiation training programmes at Practitioner, Advanced and Masterclass level, he prepares and coaches negotiating teams for major deals. This has given him experience in inter-governmental negotiations, as well as negotiations in financial services, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and public sector outsourcing. He is involved in negotiating with, and on behalf of, clients across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, China and the rest of Asia. He is currently working with one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, where he is responsible for negotiating a series of IT and outsourcing deals valued in excess of £500m. As part of this work he is engaged with both in-house counsel and external legal resources. He has particular interest in using structured approaches to negotiation planning, and in behavioural analysis. He is the author of three books, including Mastering Negotiations, and is a visiting speaker at three European business schools.

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Session 110: EU data protection regulation: how will it impact businesses worldwide? Adelaide Deleplanque Vice President and Group Privacy Officer, Liberty Global Inc In her current position, Adelaide Deleplanque is a senior executive member of the Liberty Global’s Compliance Department. Based in Amsterdam, she heads the Global Privacy Office and oversees privacy risk management throughout the company. Adelaide started at Liberty Global’s subsidiary UPC in November 1998 and held several positions within the Legal Department, specializing on international business contracts and in the last 3 years on privacy and data protection . She joined UPC from Gemplus, a smartcard manufacturer where she worked since 1996 as International Contract Legal Counsel in Paris. Adelaide graduated in Business Law and holds a Master Degree from the University of Lyon. She also attended Chapel Hill School of Law and several post-graduate programs, in Contract Law from the Paris University Sud, in Private International Law from the Paris University Descartes and in Comparative Law from the Paris University Pantheon-Assas. She now resides in Amsterdam with her husband and her 3 children. Demetrios Eleftheriou Senior Counsel - Privacy and Data Security, EMC Corporation Demetrios Eleftheriou currently serves as Senior Privacy and Data Security Counsel at EMC Corporation in Massachusetts (and formerly in Brentford, England). Before joining EMC Corporation, Demetrios served as Senior Counsel at American Express in New York. Before joining Amex, he advised diverse clients on complex data protection and e-commerce issues as an attorney with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Washington, DC. Demetrios has published and presented extensively on global data protection issues around the world. His most recent article addresses in-house data security issues and will be published in an upcoming American Bar Association guide to cybersecurity. Demetrios has over 13 years of experience in the data protection legal field, and is licensed to practice law in the US and in Europe. Nick Holland Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP

Nick specialises in international technology projects for in house lawyers across the globe, particularly focusing on IT, outsourcing, telecoms and data privacy.

Nick Holland has over 18 years’ experience in advising clients on international technology projects and most of his work is international. Nick was formally senior in house counsel at Lucent Technologies.

Nick’s main areas of practice are consumer and commercial transactions, global privacy compliance programs, telecommunications licensing issues and IT outsourcing transactions for a range of clients across Europe and the Middle East, and as he was in house for many years his main clients are senior in house counsel.

With extensive experience of working with, and co-ordinating and managing Foreign Counsel, Nick has advised on all types of multi-jurisdiction technology projects.

Nick is a regular speaker at ACC Europe, Commerce and Industry Group meetings and various lawyer conferences. Nick also runs an in-house technology forum for senior in-house counsel and is well known to most technology in-house counsel throughout EMEA. He is regarded by both Chambers and The Legal 500 as a leading individual in technology.

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Session 111: In it to win it: managing governance in your social media agenda Stathis Mihos Legal Director, Pfizer Hellas SA Stathis Mihos was born in Athens, Greece, in 1964. He studied Law at the University of Athens and later got his postgraduate degree (LL.M.) on Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He also holds a M.A. degree in Tourism Business Administration. He worked as a lawyer in law firms, and in recent years he manages in-house legal departments for the Greek affiliates of international companies (Lafarge from 2001 until 2006, BP from 2006 to late 2009 and the affiliate’s new owner, the Hellenic Petroleum Group, from late 2009 to 2011, Carrefour in 2012 and Pfizer since 2013). He is a Board Member and the country representative for Greece of the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe, a Board Member of the Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. and a member of many non-governmental organizations and professional associations. He is a regular contributor (column “In house”) to the legal magazine Synigoros (‘Counsel’). He is the author of the book Monitoring of Internet Communications in the Workplace (Sakkoulas Publications, Athens, 2007). Gant Redmon General Counsel & Vice President of Business Development, C03 Systems Inc Gant has practiced law for twenty-one years; sixteen of those years as in-house counsel for security software companies. Prior to joining Co3 Systems, Gant was General Counsel of Arbor Networks, now part of the Danaher Corporation. Gant has also been Counsel at Authentica (sold to RSA/EMC) and AXENT Technologies (sold to Symantec). In 1997, Gant was appointed membership on the President Clinton’s Export Counsel Subcommittee on Encryption (PECSENC). Gant holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Wake Forest University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia, and is admitted to practice law in Virginia and Massachusetts. Gant also holds the CIPP/US certification (Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States).

Session 112: Being an active player in the market during difficult financial times, buying and selling companies: what corporate counsel should understand in asset valuations Yves Heijmans Lead European Counsel, Chevron Phillips Chemicals Int NV Yves Heijmans is Lead European Counsel for Chevron Phillips Chemical in charge of the legal support for EMEA region. Chevron Phillips Chemical is one of the world’s top producers of olefins and polyolefins and a leading supplier of aromatics, alpha olefins, styrenics, specialty chemicals, piping, and proprietary plastics. Chevron and Phillips66 each own 50 percent of Chevron Phillips Chemical. Prior to Chevron Phillips Chemical Yves Heijmans worked for 5 years as international legal counsel for Alcatel, a leading telecom equipment manufacturer.

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Alessandro Macrì Legal Counsel, GMAC Financial Services Alessandro Macrì joined the Legal Staff of GMAC Financial Services in 2008 and is based in its European Regional Office in High Wycombe (UK). He is in charge of the legal affairs primarily for Italy, France and Benelux, along with Spain, Portugal and Greece. His areas of practice include contract law, consumer credit, factoring, data protection, anti-money laundering and M&A. Before joining GMAC Financial Services, Alessandro practiced law in Rome (Italy) as an associate at two different law firms with an international capacity (Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer), focusing on corporate law, M&A and litigation. Alessandro has been a panelist at two annual meetings of the New York State Bar Association in 2002 and 2005 with John E. Blyth (Cornell Law School) on the subject of ‘International Title Insurance’. Alessandro gained a law degree at the University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy, 2001) and attended the Law School of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium, 1999) as an exchange student (Erasmus Program). He obtained an LL.M. degree at Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, in 2002. Alessandro is admitted to practice in Italy and in the State of New York. Mathias Schulze Steinen Partner, K&L Gates LLP Dr. Mathias Schulze Steinen is a partner in K&L Gates' Corporate and Transactional practice. He has broad experience in the fields of M&A, private equity and corporate finance as well as in corporate restructuring across a variety of sectors. He does a substantial amount of cross-border work and acts for strategic and financial investors and institutions as well as for companies of all sizes, from multinational blue chips to national start-ups. Dr. Schulze Steinen is recognised as a leading practitioner in several legal publications. He is a visiting lecturer and has written numerous articles and spoken on many occasions on corporate issues, both nationally and internationally. He speaks German, English and Finnish.

Session 113: Thinking globally, acting locally: ensuring a consistent framework with local enforceability of employment contracts across Europe Marlene Connolly Senior Director & Group Counsel, Websense International Technology Limited Marlene Connolly is Group Counsel for Websense International Technology Ltd. Websense (NASDAQ: WBSN) is a global leader in unified web, email, mobile and data security, headquartered in San Diego, California. Ms Connolly joined Websense in 2007 and established the International legal team based in Websense’s International HQ in Dublin, Ireland to support the Company’s business operations in EMEA and APAC. Ms Connolly’s team are responsible for all commercial contractual negotiations, and also manage all international employment, labour law and litigation matters. Ms Connolly was appointed to the Board of Directors of Websense International in 2008. Before joining Websense, Ms Connolly was GC and Company Secretary of Meteor Mobile, where she was responsible for all legal and corporate governance affairs. Prior

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to her time in Meteor, Ms Connolly was Legal Counsel in Eircom, the principal telecommunications services provider in Ireland, leading the Mergers and Acquisitions legal team. Ms Connolly is a CEDR Accredited Mediator, and is a graduate of ICSA (Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators) since 2009. Ms Connolly received her law degree (LL.B) from Trinity College Dublin, before qualifying as a solicitor in Ireland in 1994 and is also admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales. Stéphanie Godof Senior Counsel Labor & Employment Europe, GE Healthcare Since December 2010, Stéphanie Godof is Senior Counsel Labor & Employment Europe for GE Healthcare. Prior to joining GE, Stéphanie worked for over 10 years as a French L&E attorney based in Paris (last law firm JeantetAssociés). Education: DESS (postgraduate degree) in European law, French and German competition law, University Paris X (France). Magister Legum, University of Potsdam (Germany). Master in French and German business law, University Paris X. John Sander Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP (L&E Global) John L. Sander is a Partner in the New York office of Jackson Lewis LLP whose practice focuses on cross-border labor and employment matters for our multinational clients. Before joining the firm, Mr. Sander served in senior in-house roles for more than 16 years at Merck & Co., Inc. and its predecessor, Schering-Plough Corporation. At Merck, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel, leading the team responsible for labor and employment law matters outside the U.S. Before the merger of Merck and Schering-Plough, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Schering-Plough, where he managed the employment law group, responsible for labor, employment, and immigration counseling and litigation within the U.S. and globally. At Schering-Plough, he also at various times served as head of commercial litigation (responsible for product liability, Lanham Act, a wide variety of general commercial litigation and international arbitrations) and as general counsel to the consumer healthcare and generic divisions of the Company, as well as managed the compliance and corporate security functions within the law department. Before joining the Schering-Plough law department, he was a litigator at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel and Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Mr. Sander also serves as Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration, and was a member of the Drafting Sub-Committee responsible for the 2011 revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration. He is also a member of the ICC Working Group on the Role of In-house Counsel in International Dispute Resolution. Mr. Sander is President of the Pro Bono Partnership, a nationally-recognized non-profit which provides business legal services and educational resources to community-based and public interest organizations by leveraging pro bono services of volunteer attorneys from corporations and law firms. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association. Mr. Sander graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University and received an A.M. degree from Harvard University before returning to Cornell Law School, where he served as Article Editor of the Cornell Law Review. After law school, he clerked for the Hon. Joseph L. Tauro of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts.

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Session 114: Mergers and acquisitions: pre- and post-acquisition brand management and migration Sean Collin President, IPWatch Corporation Sean Collin is an Assistant Professor and is Executive Director of Legal Affairs for The University of North Alabama’s Institute of Export Research and Technology Transfer. He is also the President and Co-Founder of Suthún International Corporation and IPWatch Corporation. For more than two decades Mr. Collin has specialized in advising companies and individuals on maximizing revenue and asset value from intellectual property. Mr. Collin is a Georgetown University Law Center graduate, admitted to practice law in three countries. He has represented Fortune 50 companies, Inc. 500 companies, financial institutions, public and private technology and brand focused companies, non-profit organizations, and countries. His expertise is in assisting a global array of clients to nationally and internationally protect and commercially leverage intellectual property and technology. Mr. Collin was featured in the May 6, 2002 issue of California Law Business as one of the top twenty lawyers under the age of 40 in the state of California in recognition of his legal work in the intellectual property and international fields. He has also been a partner at a number of large, internationally recognized law firms, and has been an accredited United Nations representative in New York, U.S.A. and Geneva, Switzerland. Stacey van Hooven Vice President & General Counsel, SCA Hygiene Products SE Stacey van Hooven is Vice President and General Counsel at SCA Hygiene Products, a global hygiene and forest products company with sales amounting to EUR 11.7 billion in 2011. SCA is the world's third-largest supplier of tissue and has approximately 40,000 employees. Stacey has overall responsibility for providing legal support as well as managing the compliance law program for the European Tissue Business. She has supported SCA in its acquisition of Proctor & Gamble’s European Tissue Business in 2007 and more recently in 2012, the acquisition of Georgia Pacific’s European Tissue Business which included approximately 4,500 employees in 27 locations across Europe and 19 manufacturing sites in seven countries with sales amounting to EUR 1.25 billion. As a member of the executive leadership teams of both the Away From Home sector and the Consumer sector of the business, Stacey is also involved in corporate strategy, public policy and business development. In addition to her role at SCA, Stacey teaches a course in U.S. Business Law at the law school in the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. Stacey began her career as a trial attorney, representing corporate clients in civil commercial matters before both the state and federal courts in New York. Later, she served in New York City government supervising complex criminal and administrative investigations into suspected corruption by City officials and corporations doing business with the City. After moving to Munich, Germany, Stacey spent more than a decade in private practice, most recently at Jacob Associates, gaining significant cross-border legal expertise on U.S.-German corporate and commercial matters, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and international licensing arrangements.

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Bliss White Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Bliss White is a partner in the Firm’s Toronto office. Bliss is involved in all aspects of corporate law, including negotiated acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic commercial alliances. Bliss is the relationship partner for several leading corporate clients in Canada. Bliss has extensive experience advising clients and managing transaction teams in structuring, negotiating and implementing domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate and project financings and reorganizations. He regularly acts for offshore clients acquiring or establishing a business in Canada. Bliss has been involved in significant transactions in the automotive, manufacturing, metals, chemicals, transportation and food and beverage sectors. In addition to his transactional expertise, Bliss has substantial experience in structuring and negotiating a range of complex long-term supply agreements and other strategic commercial arrangements. Bliss regularly speaks on legal aspects of investing in Canada and in 2012 was an invited member of a Canadian government trade mission to Europe.

Session 115: The General Counsel's mandate: the GC as a strategic thinker Jonathan Oviatt Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Mayo Clinic Jonathan J. Oviatt is Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic is an academic medical center with national and international programs in clinical practice, medical education, and medical research. Mayo Clinic has over $9 billion in annual revenue and more than 60,000 employees. Mr. Oviatt’s responsibilities include the Legal Department, International Personnel Office, Research Human Subjects Protection, and other administrative functions. Prior to joining Mayo Clinic in 1991, Mr. Oviatt was a shareholder in the Minneapolis office of Moss & Barnett, P.A. He also served on the Congressional staff and campaign staff of U.S. Senator Larry Pressler. Mr. Oviatt is the immediate Past Chair and is a Director of the Association of Corporate Counsel; Member of the Corporate Pro Bono Advisory Board; Member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army, Northern Division; Past Vice Chair of the In-house Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association; Past Chair of the Council of Attorneys of the American Medical Group Association; Past Director and Officer of the Minnesota State Bar Association Section on Health Law; Past Director of Legal Advice Clinics, Ltd.; Past President of Olmsted County Legal Assistance; and former Chancellor of the United Methodist Church—Minnesota Conference. Mr. Oviatt received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota and his B.A. from Augustana College.

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Dirk Tirez General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Belgian Post (bpost) Dirk P. Tirez, a Belgian national, is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at bpost, Belgium’s incumbent and leading postal operator with 30,000 employees. Dirk is a Country Representative (Belgium) and Past President of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Europe, and is also Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Belgian Employers Federation (FEB/VBO). He is multilingual and the author of numerous publications in the area of European securities laws and regulations. From 1996 to 2003, Dirk was a Member of the Senior Management Committee, General Counsel and Company Secretary of NASDAQ Europe. He was a founding Executive of EASDAQ. Dirk was also a member of the SRO committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and was vice-chairman of the corporate governance committee of the European Association of Securities Dealers. Prior to this, from 1993 to 1996, he was counsel to the Office of Mr. Philippe Maystadt, the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade, and was in charge of banking and finance legislation, the implementation of European securities directives, and the Belgian privatisation programme. From 1989 until 1993, he was associated with international leading law firms and worked both in New York and Brussels, as an attorney admitted to the New York and the Brussels Bars. Dirk graduated in 1987 magna cum laude from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in 1988 from the College of Europe in Bruges and obtained in 1989 a LL.M. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Session 116: Leading through change: inspiring a high performance legal team Mercedes Carmona Managing Counsel Iberia, BP Oil Mercedes serves as Managing Counsel, Iberia for BP. With a total annual turnover of $297 billion and 80,000 employees spread over 100 countries, BP is one of the world’s largest companies and is involved in oil, gas, petrochemicals and power. Mercedes is responsible for advising senior management in Spain and Portugal on legal issues and risks arising out of the business strategy. She also serves as secretary to the board of directors of several BP subsidiaries, and is a member of the BP Refining & Marketing Legal Executive Team. Before taking on her current position, Mercedes served from 2007 until 2012 as Head of Legal & Compliance HL&A Europe for Cigna International, advising the management teams across 13 European countries and helping to set up a company in Turkey. Prior to Cigna, Mercedes worked as Head of Legal & Compliance Southern Europe for CPP Group. Mercedes is a member of the Board of Directors of ACC Europe and Country Reps Coordinator. Graduated in Law, she is admitted to the Madrid bar, and holds a Master degree in Telecommunications Law.

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Adam Smith Group General Counsel, DCNS Adam Smith is Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of DCNS, based in Paris. With sales of € 3bn, DCNS builds and supports conventional and nuclear submarines and surface combat vessels for navies worldwide and is also active in civil nuclear engineering and marine renewable energy projects. Previously at EADS in Paris and Munich, Adam joined the group in June 2010 and heads a team of around 40 lawyers and 80 contract managers in addition to leading the group's compliance function. A British and French national, Adam holds an LLB from University College London, an MBA from London Business School and recently completed an MA in History. He hopes shortly to commence a doctoral research project in comparative literature. Adam is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

Session 117: Workshop on innovative approaches to legal and compliance training Salomé Santos Lorenzo Senior Legal Counsel, Associated British Foods PLC Salomé Santos is part of the ABF Global Antitrust and Compliance team. As part of this role, among other things Salomé deals with merger clearance submissions to various competition authorities around the world, defends ABF and its subsidiaries in any investigations, advises on day to day commercial strategy and plans/implements comprehensive compliance and training initiatives. Prior to joining ABF, Salomé worked as a competition specialist at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Madrid and Brussels for 6 years and prior to that at Martínez Lage in Madrid for 7 years. During her career Salomé has represented various multinationals. Salomé's work in private practice included defending global cartel prosecutions, acting for leniency applicants, defending cases of abuse of dominance and merger clearance applicants as well as general advice work. Salomé has regularly appeared before the European Commission and the Spanish competition authority. Susann Wolfgram Assistant General Counsel, SuccessFactors Germany GmbH Susann Wolfgram heads up the European legal team that supports SAP’s cloud sales business in EMEA. Susann joined SAP through the acquisition of SuccessFactors, the leading software as a service provider for business execution solutions: Among many cloud products enterprise customers may subscribe to learning management solutions as well as JAM – a social collaboration product in the cloud that facilitates informal learning. Prior to joining SuccessFactors in 2010, Susann worked at MySQL, an open source database provider, through its acquisitions by Sun Microsystems and Oracle. She started her legal career as an in-house lawyer at Aventis (later Sanofi-Aventis) in early 2000 where she was the primary dedicated lawyer for the global IT organization from a legal and data protection perspective for more than 5 years. Susann obtained her law degree from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and an LL.M. from the University of Edinburgh, UK as a Chevening scholar. Her doctor degree was awarded by the University of Hamburg where

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she also completed a postgraduate program in European law and Economics in 1996. Susann is admitted to the bar in Berlin, Germany.

Session 118: Small law department: alternative billing methods, sourcing legal work to outside counsel in foreign jurisdictions Paul Gagnier General Counsel, ACN Europe BV Paul Gagnier is General Counsel of ACN Europe B.V. based in Amsterdam. ACN is the world’s largest direct seller of telecommunications and other essential home services. As General Counsel, Paul is responsible for overseeing all legal and compliance matters in the 18 European countries in which ACN operates. Prior to joining ACN in 2009, Paul was a partner in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Group at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, DC. Aoife McArdle Associate General Counsel – Europe, Airbnb.com Aoife McArdle is Associate General Counsel – Europe, for Airbnb, a leader in the sharing economy, providing a peer to peer platform for hosts and guests to connect and share accommodation in unique places in more than 33,000 cities around the world. Aoife is an international commercial/IT and regulatory lawyer who works in high growth and rapidly expanding, innovative businesses. She has 15+ years of experience working in diverse, multi-cultural environments with globally based legal and business teams. Prior to joining Airbnb, Aoife was Head of the Commercial and Regulatory Legal Team at Skype where she built and managed a team of lawyers during a period of rapid growth from 196m registered users in 2007 to over 600m in 2011. Before Skype, Aoife was European Legal Counsel at Apple, where she managed Apple's pan-European distribution channels and took a leading role in the regulatory challenges associated with the rapid expansion of the iPod and online sales in general, across EMEA, during a time when e-commerce and online music was in its infancy, disrupting traditional sales channels.

Session 119: Law department management: outsourcing vs. insourcing, controlling legal costs and maintaining sanity Hans Albers Senior Director and General Counsel EMEA, Juniper Networks Inc Hans Albers is currently Senior Director and General Counsel EMEA for Juniper Networks International BV. He is responsible for managing Juniper’s Legal team in EMEA and providing legal support to Juniper EMEA Executive Leadership team and the overall Sales organization. Hans joined Juniper in August 2011 from Cisco Systems, Inc. where his last role was Operations Director for Emerging Markets and prior to that he served as Legal Director for EMEA from 2000 until 2006 and Legal Director for the US and Canada from 2006 until 2008. From mid 2008 until august 2011 Hans was in a non-legal role, running the Customer Operations organization for Emerging Markets. Prior to Cisco he served as in-house counsel for ICL-Fujitsu and Nokia. Hans holds a Law Degree from Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands and is a member of the Dutch in-house lawyers Association. He is currently based in The Netherlands.

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James Bellerjeau General Counsel & Secretary, Mettler-Toledo International Inc James T. Bellerjeau is General Counsel and Secretary of Mettler-Toledo International Inc., a US public company with its worldwide headquarters in Greifensee, Switzerland. Mettler Toledo is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. It is the world's largest provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. Prior to joining Mettler Toledo in 1998, James worked at the law firms of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in Frankfurt, Germany, and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York, NY. His practice included securities, structured finance, mergers & acquisitions, public company and corporate law. James serves on the Legal Committee of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce. He previously served as President of the European chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, as well as a country representative for Switzerland. James received a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Clark University, a Juris Doctor (magna cum laude) from Albany Law School and a Master of Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. David Bourdon Head of Legal for EU Affairs, Competition Law and Group Legal Function, Société Générale David Bourdon is Head of Legal for European Affairs, Competition Law and Group Legal Function. His responsibilities include advising the Group on European Law, lobbying and interests representation, as well as on competition law issues (merger control, antitrust & state aid). His team also supports the Group General Counsel on the elaboration of the Group legal policies, the law firm policy, external legal spend management, and the animation of the Group Legal Function. Société Générale is one of the leading financial services groups in Europe. With its diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity and a sustainable growth strategy with the ambition of being the relationship-focused bank, a leader in its markets, close to its customers, and recognised for the quality and the commitment of its teams. The Group has over 159 000 employees across 77 countries, who serve more than 33 million customers across the globe.

Session 120: The future starts on Monday morning: charting a smarter plan for success for future in-house leaders Enrique Aznar Chief Integrity Officer, Millicom International Cellular Enrique joined Millicom International Cellular in March 2011 as Head of Corporate Governance & Compliance - Chief Integrity Officer. Millicom is a leading international telecommunications and media company dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa, operating in 15 countries. Millicom offers innovative and customer-centric products. The Millicom Group employs more than 8,000 people and provides mobile services, access to the internet, content and financial services to over 45 million customers. Founded in 1990, Millicom International Cellular SA is headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the symbol MIC. In 2012, Millicom generated revenue of USD 4.81 billion and EBITDA of

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USD 2.07 billion. Enrique is based in the company's headquarters in Luxembourg and reports to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is responsible to implement Millicom's Integrity program in the company's operations and is also responsible for monitoring the company's worldwide activities and transactions to ensure that business is conducted in an ethical and legal manner and that policies and procedures are followed to reduce the risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations. Before joining Millicom, Enrique was Nokia Siemens Networks' Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, based in Finland, from where he managed NSN's Ethics and Compliance function in its 150 operations worldwide. Between May 2005 and January 2009 Enrique was Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Europe, Middle East & Africa for Tyco International. He was a member of the Tyco EMEA Legal Leadership Team responsible for the development of the innovative legal services model that Tyco successfully implemented in EMEA known as 'SMARTER' (Segment and Subject Management, Regional Teams and External Resources). Enrique is a qualified lawyer in Spain and England and Wales. He earned a Master of Arts in International & Comparative Business Law in London in 1993 and obtained a Business Management Program certificate (PDD) at IESE Business School in 2002. Previously, he worked as Western European Regional Counsel at Dell Inc. (Madrid, 2000-05), Senior Associate at Freshfields (Madrid, 1997-2000), Solicitor at the Office of the General Counsel of Price Waterhouse (London, 1994-97) and Tax and Legal advisor with Arthur Andersen (Barcelona, 1989-92). He speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, French and Italian. Trevor Faure Global Leader & Partner, Legal Services, Ernst & Young Global Limited As Global Leader, Faure focuses EY’s professional services for law firms and general counsel. EY has over 400 lawyers and revenue of over $26Bn. Faure created “The Smarter Legal Model: more from less”, the award-winning application of world-class business methodologies to maximise legal efficiency and effectiveness which is the subject of conferences and journals worldwide from New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, London, Moscow and Sydney. Additionally: member of The Times Law Panel advisory body of 100 top lawyers; Harvard Law School guest lecturer and case study subject; The Lawyer In-House Counsel of the Year; The Financial Times Innovative Lawyer of the Year – two commendations; Legal Business Team of the Year; The Lawyer “HR Awards” Legal Team of the Year; Legal Business Global Power List, the world's top 25 corporate counsel; BSN Lawyer of the Year. “… One of the most creative and systematic thinkers about contemporary business law.” -- Ben W. Heineman, Jr., Former GE Senior Vice President for Law. “… One of a handful of dynamic, young lawyers who are transforming the legal market…clearly a pioneer” -- The Times newspaper, February 2010. Benedikte Leroy VP, EMEA Legal, Dell Senior Executive with more than 20 years of successful experience with global Fortune-100 companies. Currently Vice President EMEA Legal for Dell Computers with sales exceeding US$50 billion and 100,000 employees, Benedikte is part of Dell’s senior management is leading a team of 60 lawyers covering 123 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa, representing 25% of Dell’s global activities. Prior to Dell, Benedikte worked for Symantec, where she was a member of the EMEA management team and the VP of EMEA Legal. In this role, Benedikte was responsible for ensuring effective legal support for sales and non-sales functions in 24 regional subsidiaries, and managed a team of 25 lawyers across EMEA.

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Previous roles have included establishing and leading the VERITAS legal department in EMEA prior to Symantec’s acquisition of VERITAS in 2005; EMEA Counsel at GE Information Services; and European Legal Associate at Apple Inc. based in Apple’s European headquarters in the UK. Benedikte received her Master in Law degree from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. She is fluent in Danish, English and Swedish, and also speaks French, German and Norwegian. Sandra Mori General Counsel, Coca-Cola Italia SRL Sandra Mori is currently the General Counsel for the European Union Group of The Coca-Cola Company. In her role, she is responsible for the legal affairs of all European Union countries, leading a team of 20 lawyers, including both Business Unit Counsels and functional experts. Before joining Coca-Cola in 2011 she held various positions both as in-house counsel and private practitioner in Italy and the US. A native of Pisa (Italy), Sandra attended the University of Pisa where she obtained her law degree in 1989. She then completed her education at the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, attending a one year master program in international law.