Commanding the Top Table: Lessons from the UK Post Office Case (26 June 2024)
Recorded On: 06/26/2024
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The Post Office Horizon IT scandal and resulting inquiry have raised a multitude of questions surrounding the appropriate role of the in-house counsel in an organization’s compliance with legal and ethical obligations. Many see the Post Office Inquiry as an opportunity to identify system failures and devise strategies to address these failures going forward.
In this program, Donna McGrath, ACC Leadership Career Coach and Director of The In-House Lawyers Coach Ltd., will moderate a discussion on the lessons we are learning from the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and how in-house lawyers can strengthen their roles and engage at the highest levels of the organization. The panel will also discuss the critical role lawyers play in good governance practices.
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LockedEmily Di Cesare
In-House Counsel
YouView TV Limited
Emily is dual-qualified solicitor and has advised on data protection, regulatory, compliance, and commercial law with more than two decades of cross-sector legal experience. Having worked in private, public and third-sector organisations, she has a wealth of multijurisdictional experience that includes complex infrastructure, transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution.
Emily has been fortunate to have a successful legal career in two jurisdictions, namely Australia and in the UK working for membership bodies such as the Law Society of England and Wales, RIBA, BMA, environmental international charity known as CDP, regulators, such as the Electoral Commission and Ofgem, central government such as Government Legal Department, Crown Prosecution Service, and Crown Solicitors Office, including arm’s length departments such as London Legacy Development Corporation, Big Lottery Fund and National Savings and Investments. Currently, she is working as legal counsel with YouView.
Peter Ho
General Counsel & Company Secretary
Tyman plc
Pete is Tyman plc’s General Counsel & Company Secretary. In this role at Tyman, which is a FTSE 250 international manufacturer of fenestration and commercial access products, he established and leads Tyman’s legal, corporate governance and compliance functions.
Pete is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, the Corporate Governance Institute and the International Compliance Association. He was also nominated and shortlisted for The Lawyer Magazine’s “General Counsel of the Year, 2023”.
Donna McGrath
Director and In-House Lawyers Leadership Coach
The In-House Lawyers Coach Ltd
Donna, known as In-House Lawyers Leadership Coach Leadership and Executive Coach transforms In-House Lawyers and Teams for greater impact. As a former Solicitor she has over 16 years in practice (both in top private practice firms and across FTSE 100 – 250 In-House Legal teams in the UK.)
She qualified as Mastercoach Coach and Mentor, accredited by the IAPC&M, in 2018. She stepped out of practice in 2020, to address the lack of leadership training and mental health and wellbeing support for Solicitors in the UK and globally.
Amy Chai
AGC & Director of Advocacy Initiatives
Association of Corporate Counsel
Amy Chai serves as associate general counsel and director of advocacy initiatives at ACC. In this role, she oversees ACC’s global advocacy efforts on issues of concern to the in-house legal profession, such as legal professional privilege and multi-jurisdictional practice. Prior to ACC, Chai held advocacy roles at the National Association of Home Builders and the US Chamber of Commerce.
