Studies at Harvard, Oxford and University of Pennsylvania. 1989-98, Senior Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, specializing in international mergers and acquisitions and securities law. 1998-2007, with General Electric: 1998-2002, Vice-President and General Counsel, GE Plastics, Pittsfield, US; 2002-04, Vice-President and General Counsel, GE Medical Systems, Waukesha, US; 2004-07, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, GE Healthcare, Chalfont St Giles, UK. Since 2007, Member of the Managing Board and General Counsel, Siemens.