Arna Grímsdóttir holds a Cand.Jur degree from the University of Iceland and is a certified District Court Attorney. She joined HS Orka as Excecutive Vice President of Legal Affairs in January 2021. Prior to that Grímsdóttir was the Chief Legal Officer for over a decade at Reitir fasteignafélag hf., the largest commercial real estate company in Iceland and listed on the Nasdaq OMX Iceland Exchange. She has served on the boards of various companies and organizations, including as President of UN Women Iceland (2017-2023). She was the first woman to hold the role of Vice President of the board of Valur Soccer Club (2013-2015), one of Iceland’s largest sports clubs. She is one of the founding members of the Association of Corporate Lawyers and served on its board (2016-2020) and she was the chairman of the board of Akta funds hf. (2015-2020).

As Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer (General Counsel), Maria Fernanda Lima Da Rocha Barros is responsible for legal, compliance and public affairs matters worldwide for Booking.com. Maria is passionate about ensuring companies grow their business in an ethical and sustainable way.

Lucy is well-known as a top corporate advisor and coach to business leaders. She founded the Brunswick Group’s work on social value and sustainable business, alongside co-author Jon Miller. She works with many of the world’s leading companies on their critical societal challenges, covering the full spectrum of ESG. Lucy chaired the UK Prime Minister’s Taskforce for Talent and Enterprise for Gordon Brown, focusing on high value skills for a competitive edge in the global economy. She spent the first decade of her career at the BBC as a documentary maker, covering social issues. She speaks regularly on these topics, and co-authored “Everybody’s Business” with Jon Miller.

Dr. Duncan Weston, PhD, has 25 years’experience in managing professional service firms and was appointed as Executive Partner of CMS in 2018 after being Managing Partner for 8 years. He was responsible for steering the UK firm through the global financial crisis, he was the architect of a number of mergers and also a founding partner of the CMS Academy. Prior to becoming managing partner, Duncan was a leading private equity lawyer bringing his characteristic dynamic and innovative approach to the deals. He was also head of the European Private Equity Group specialising in cross-border investment in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2006, he was named by Private Equity International as one of the 30 most influential private equity lawyers in the world. He moved to Prague and later to Geneva, and managed and led the large scale expansion of the firm’s Central and Eastern European Practise. More recently in 2021 he received an Executive PhD in digital business model innovation for professional service firms at the Dauphine University in Paris.

Duncan co- founded Lupl in 2019 as the first open industry platform in legal matter synchronisation for legal departments and law firms globally. He was appointed a board director of the English National ballet and currently sits on the global board of CMS and the global board of Lupl and the advisory board of iWarranty. He was appointed an Executive Fellow of IMD business School in 2021.