Experience

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  Baker Hughes

  • United States
  • Oil and Gas
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Managing Executive Counsel, Asia Pacific

    • Oct 2022 - Present

    . Managing Executive Counsel for Oilfield Services & Equipment Asia Pacific region operations. . Member of broader Asia Pacific region leadership team, providing legal, risk management and compliance advice to senior business leaders. . Leading region legal team with accountabilities for commercial transactions, partnerships and alliances, operations, legal compliance, labour & employment, litigation & dispute resolution, and corporate governance.

  • Managing Region Counsel, Asia Pacific

    • Aug 2017 - Sep 2022

    . Managing Region Counsel for Baker Hughes' combined Asia Pacific operations following the close of the Baker Hughes and GE Oil & Gas combination, supporting the business and operations of 4 product companies (Oilfield Services, Oilfield Equipment, Turbomachinery and Process Solutions, and Digital Solutions) in the region. . Member of expanded Asia Pacific leadership team, responsible for driving horizontal collaboration across the product companies and executing the strategy of the company in the region. . Integrated region legal team comprising blend of legacy Baker Hughes and GE Oil & Gas counsels. Developed team to provide consistent, efficient and effective legal and compliance support for commercial transactions, channel partner relationships and activity, supplier transactions, operations, cash generation and recovery activity, labour & employment matters, litigation and dispute resolution matters, and corporate governance in the region. . Geographic coverage included responsibility for leading region legal functions in the Middle East (January 2019 - March 2020) and India (January 2019 - May 2021).

  • Legal & Compliance Director, Asia Pacific

    • May 2016 - Jul 2017

    . Managing Region Counsel for Asia Pacific operations under new operating structure introduced in May 2016. . Overall responsibility for legal execution and support for new Asia Pacific Geomarket. Member of Asia Pacific leadership team with dual reporting, functionally to the Vice President – Legal, Global Operations, and in the business to the Asia Pacific Vice President.

  • Legal & Compliance Director, Global Integrated Operations

    • Oct 2013 - Jul 2017

    . Managed the legal and compliance function for Baker Hughes’ Global Integrated Operations (integrated project management) business, with projects in locations such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Mexico. . Particular focus on managing tenders, contracts and third parties to maximize project profitability and revenue pull-through for discrete Baker Hughes product and service lines. . Extensive dispute resolution experience, including in several highly contentious, multi-million dollar contractual disputes on large lump-sum turnkey contracts in Iraq, involving international arbitration.

  • Legal & Compliance Director, Middle East Asia Pacific

    • Jun 2015 - May 2016

    . Managing Counsel for Middle East Asia Pacific region. . Oversight of geomarket legal counsels across Baker Hughes' Middle East Asia Pacific region, with responsibility for delivering compliant legal execution on all operational and legal compliance matters. . Member of Middle East Asia Pacific region leadership team with dual reporting, functionally to the Vice President and General Counsel, and in the business to the Middle East Asia Pacific President.

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  Baker Hughes

  • United States
  • Oil and Gas
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director, Ethics & Legal Compliance, Eastern Hemisphere

    • Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

    . Overall responsibility for managing all aspects of Baker Hughes’ Global Ethics & Legal Compliance Program in the Eastern Hemisphere (Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, Russia and the Caspians). . Member of the hemisphere leadership team with dual reporting, functionally to the Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel, and in the business to the hemisphere President. . Extensive experience in providing Compliance advice and support on negotiating, managing and restructuring commercial agency and joint venture relationships. . Experience in managing key investigations and executing associated consequence management in high-risk jurisdictions.

  • Legal & Compliance Director, Asia Pacific

    • May 2009 - Jul 2011

    . Managing Counsel for Asia Pacific region as Baker Hughes transitioned from a divisional, product line organisation to a new geographical organisation covering 4 regions (including Asia Pacific) and 25 geomarkets. . Responsible for delivery of legal support to the region during this transition, as well as through the subsequent acquisition and integration of the BJ Services pressure pumping business. . Negotiated restructuring of commercial agency relationship with an affiliate of the National Oil Company in Vietnam, into a fully operational joint venture, resulting in significant market share increase for Baker Hughes' products and services.

  • Region Counsel, Asia Pacific

    • Jul 2005 - Apr 2009

    . Operations Legal Counsel supporting all of Baker Hughes' divisional (product line focused) businesses and other corporate functions in Asia Pacific. . Responsibility for supporting Baker Hughes Legal Compliance program in the region, including oversight and initiatives related to Baker Hughes' Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and appointment of an Independent Compliance Monitor.

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  Carrefour

  • France
  • Retail
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Legal Manager, Carrefour Malaysia

    • Jul 2002 - Jun 2005
    • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    . In-house legal counsel for Carrefour hypermarket operations in Malaysia. . Responsible for setting up Carrefour Malaysia's legal department and integrating legal functions and processes into business operations of the company. . Extensive involvement in commercial lease and retail lease negotiations and contracting, supplier commercial negotiations and contracting, joint ventures and licensing.

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  Malayan United Industries (MUI) Group

  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Legal Affairs Manager

    • Mar 2001 - Jun 2002
    • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    . Manager in Legal Affairs Department of publicly-listed Malaysian conglomerate with holdings in retail, financial services, property & construction, manufacturing and trading sectors.

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  J. C. Leong & Saw

  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Legal Associate

    • Apr 1996 - Mar 2000
    • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    . Law firm practice. Legal Associate (subsequently Senior Legal Associate) in Conveyancing & Banking practice of law firm. Also supported Corporate & Commercial law practices of the firm.