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I am a dual qualified lawyer (Scotland, England and Wales) with 25 years of legal, regulatory and leadership experience across a number of highly regulated professional and public sectors. My career started in tier one Scottish and international law firms Burness Paull LLP and CMS as a Chambers and Legal 500 credited commercial litigator. I have a reputation for skill across a wide area of sectors and the ability to grasp complex and novel problems at short notice. I offer pragmatic and commercial ways to mitigate legal, financial and reputational risk. I moved in-house 10 years ago to take up a strategic and cultural leadership role, working for an international professional body and regulator. I currently have a range of consultancy and Non Executive leadership roles guiding organisations through periods of regulatory and other transformational change projects. My style is warm, inclusive and pragmatic. I lead by example to deliver results. I have extensive experience of working for professional bodies within the legal, actuarial, accountancy and financial sectors and a growing portfolio of Chair and Non Executive positions in professional regulation, charity and third sector environments. My experience includes: Corporate/ commercial in house legal advice; Boards; Leadership; Transformational change; Stakeholder Engagement; Legal; Profession Regulation; Regulatory Policy; Professional Membership Bodies; Reputational Risk; Culture; Inclusion; Complex problem solving; Volunteer sector; Charities