The Economist Events’ General Counsel 2017 | Global Legal Insights | 2 November 2017 | Jumeirah Carlton Tower, 1 Cadogan Pl, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 9PY, UK

The Summit is established as a leading forum for legal advisers, businesses, governments, academia, investment firms, and in-house legal departments for networking and discussions that will give the participants an informed perspective on African business challenges and opportunities. Keeping with our approach of supporting the very best thought leadership on the African legal and business sphere, our programme addresses the opportunities afforded by Africa’s potential, and the strategies necessary to manage the risks and challenges they present.

2017 Speakers:

Prini Pithouse
Deputy general counsel, Visa Europe

David Sheldon
General counsel EMEA, Credit Agricole

Stuart Levey
Chief legal officer, HSBC

Funke Abimbola
General counsel, head of financial compliance, Roche UK

Siobhán Moriarty
General counsel, Diageo

Ricardo Cortés-Monroy
Senior vice president, chief legal officer, ‎Nestlé

Brian Marien
Co-founder, Positive Group

Michael Ellis
Group general counsel, company secretary and chief compliance officer, Abercrombie & Kent

Christine Armstrong
Co-founder, Jericho Chambers

Samantha Hardaway
Vice president EMEA,cloud legal, Oracle

Emily Foges
Chief executive officer, Luminance

Philip Bramwell
Group general counsel, BAE Systems

Stephen Wilkinson
Managing Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Trevor David Horwitz
Partner, fraud, investigation and dispute services, EY UK

Thomas Brown
Director and head of legal UK and Ireland, PayPal UK

Maria Varsellona
Chief Legal Officer, Nokia

Tina Marron-Partridge
Vice president and executive partner, IBM Global Business Services

Janvi Patel
Executive chairwoman and founder, Halebury

James Snook
Deputy director, data protection policy/ broadband and telecoms market, UK Government

Maaike de Bie
General counsel, Royal Mail

Clare Wardle
General counsel and company secretary, Coca Cola European Partners

Nicholas Eldred
Consultant General Counsel, NE Consulting Services

Joanne Averiss
Senior vice president, general counsel, Europe and Sub Sahara Africa, Pepsico

Robin Chalmers
Controller of corporate legal, regulatory trading and governance, Channel 4

Justin Castillo
Head of legal, BT Americas

David Lewis
Associate general counsel, director of legal, EMEA, Snap Inc.

2017 Sponsors:

PLATINUM SPONSOR
• Globality

GOLD SPONSOR
• HERBERTSMITH FREEHILLS

SILVER SPONSOR
• EY

APP SPONSOR
• THOMSON REUTERS

SPONSORS
• GOWLING WLG
• mindcrest

EXHIBITOR SPONSOR
• NEOTA LOGIC
• FORTRESS