Judging panel

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CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGING PANEL
Bill Knight, past president, City of London Law Society, chairman, Financial Reporting Review Panel
Bill Knight is a solicitor who has chaired the Financial Reporting Review Panel since 2004. He is deputy chairman of council at Lloyd’s of London and a Gambling Commissioner. He is a former senior partner of Simmons & Simmons and chairman of the Law Society’s Company Law Committee. He is currently Master of the City of London Solicitors Company.

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REVIEW PANEL

Tony Angel, executive managing director EMEA, Standard & Poor's

Juan Bullón Alemán, counsel, Ferrovial Aeropuertos
Joined Ferrovial Agroman, construction division of Spanish Infrastructure Group, Grupo Ferrovial, S.A, in 1997. Spent two years in Poland working within the legal team of Budimex, S.A., a subsidiary of Ferrovial. In 2005 joined the legal department of Cintra, S.A, the infrastructure arm of Grupo Ferrovial, where he mainly dealt with concession projects for highways in the US as well as with airports. In October 2007 was appointed as Counsel for Ferrovial Aeropuertos, S.A., which, together with two partners, acquired BAA in 2006.

Kevin Dunn, general counsel and company secretary, 3i
General counsel and company secretary of 3i Group plc since November 2007. Responsible for the group’s legal, compliance, internal audit and company secretarial functions as well as head of Human Resources. Chairman of 3i’s corporate responsibility committee and a member of 3i’s executive committee. Formerly a senior managing director, running the European Leveraged Finance business for GE’s Commercial Finance division after serving as European General Counsel for GE Commercial Finance since 2002. Prior to joining GE Commercial Finance, was a partner at the law firms Travers Smith and Latham & Watkins, specialising in banking, insolvency and regulatory matters.

Olga Garcia Gonzalez, head of legal, Banco Santander, London
Joined Banco Santander in 1999 and heads the legal team of the London office since 2003.
She heads an internal legal team responsible for advising the Santander Global Banking and Markets division.
This year Olga was awarded the European Counsel award by the International law office in association with the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe in the category of individual, Financial Services.
She is a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Iberian Lawyer and member of the jury for the 40 under 40 Spanish & Portuguese legal awards.

Carol Hui, general counsel, BAA
Carol Hui joined BAA in 2008 from construction giant Amey, where she had been general counsel and executive director for nine years.
Prior to that, Hui was part of the in-house legal teams at British Gas and TDG. She launched her legal career with Slaughter and May in Hong Kong as a member of the firm's corporate finance department.

Rosemary Martin, group general counsel, Vodafone

Terry Miller, general counsel, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
Terry Miller is the General Counsel of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). As general counsel, she heads an internal legal team responsible for providing advice on all aspects of LOCOG’s operations, including compliance with contractual obligations under the Host City Contract with the International Olympic Committee, implementation of sponsorship and supply contracts, and protection of the Games brand.

Jonathan Pearl, corporate vice-president & general counsel, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
Sony Ericsson, a 50:50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and LM Ericsson, is the third largest phone handset maker by value in the world with 10,000 employees and a turnover of around US$15 Billion a year. Jonathan is Company Secretary of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, and a member of the company’s Executive Committee. He is responsible for all Sony Ericsson’s IPR and Legal issues and also has other functions, such as Compliance, Anti-Counterfeit, Trade Affairs and Export Control, reporting to him. Jonathan heads a Global team of 70 professionals located in Sweden, France, Germany, U.K., U.S.A., Singapore, Japan and China. Before he joined Sony Ericsson Jonathan spent 12 years working at Sony Electronics Europe, and prior to that he was with Apple Computer. Jonathan is also a Trustee of the legal pro bono charity LawWorks.

Professor Joe Peppard
Professor Peppard holds the Chair in Information Systems and is also Director of the Information Systems Research Centre, the IT Leadership Forum and has recently launched the innovative Cranfield IT Leadership Programme. Over the years he has held academic appointments at Loughborough University, Trinity College Dublin, Groningen University, and the University of South Australia. The focus of Professor Peppard's research and teaching is in the area of information systems and technology strategy and management and he has published widely in academic and general business and management journals.