ACC InConversation: Insights from Influential In-house Leaders with Rishi Varma, Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, Cargill (Nov. 14, 2024)
Recorded On: 11/14/2024
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Join this fireside chat with Rishi Varma, Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Cargill. In conversation with ACC President and CEO, Veta T. Richardson, Rishi will discuss his passion for advocacy, its capacity to enact positive change, and how it has shaped his career as a corporate lawyer and in-house professional. Gain insight into the importance of creating a positive culture for your in-house teams and its ability to connect people from different places and perspectives.
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Rishi Varma
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Cargill
Rishi Varma serves as Cargill’s Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary. In this role, he also serves as General Counsel. He oversees corporate governance, global ethics & compliance, global security, government relations, law and shareholder relations. Additionally, Rishi is a member of Cargill’s Executive Team. Rishi is known for being a respected advisor who leads with passion and purpose.
Prior to joining Cargill in January 2024, Rishi served as General Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Before joining HPE, Rishi served as general counsel for two different publicly traded companies from 2005 to 2013 – TPC Group, Inc., a petrochemical company, and Trico Marine Services, Inc., a global subsea service provider. Prior to these companies, Rishi served as securities counsel and director of investor relations for EGL, Inc., a publicly traded global freight forwarder, and as a business associate in the New York office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LP.
In addition, Rishi is committed to advancing the way people live and work by serving on several non-profit boards. Rishi serves on the Board of the Tahirih Justice Center, where he has worked on various matters including visa and asylum cases. He also serves on the board of the Texas Asia Society, the leading educational organization promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among the peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the West, as well as the Memorial Hermann Hospital System Board, the Equal Justice Works Board of Counselors, and the Georgetown University Law Center Advisory Board.
He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. Rishi and his wife, Michelle, have three children
Veta T. Richardson
President & CEO
Association of Corporate Counsel
Veta T. Richardson is the president and chief executive officer of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). Headquartered in Washington, DC, ACC is the world's largest legal association dedicated exclusively to serving the interests of in-house counsel. With an international membership of more than 45,000 in-house lawyers at more than 10,000 organizations in 85 countries, ACC serves as the "voice of the in-house bar" for corporate lawyers at 98 percent of the Fortune 100 and 51 percent of the Global 1000.
With more than 60 chapter operations around the world, Richardson's top priorities as CEO involve continuing to increase ACC's global footprint and charting the organization through a strategic plan and vision designed to strengthen its position as the global voice for in-house counsel. Members look to ACC to advocate in support of their rights and interests as in-house counsel, as well as to offer the practice resources, education, global legal and regulatory analysis, and networking opportunities needed to advance their professional development.
