Amitabh Lal Das — CEO
I am a seasoned and successful General Counsel, a C-Suite corporate leader, possessing thirty years of rich domestic and international experience across the entire spectrum of legal practice, viz. litigation in courts, senior lawyer in law firms, and General Counsel in US and Indian companies in varied sectors encompassing technology services and global capability centres, internet, media, advertising, related aspects of telecom, financial services, and automotive manufacturing and sales. I have demonstrated expertise in managing core legal, and allied functional areas such as compliance, ethics, government relations, public policy, regulatory dealings, board management and corporate governance, including oversight of company secretarial, risk management, internal controls and assurance. A T-shaped leader with deep vertical domain skills and broad horizontal skills sets in areas of Finance, HR, general management, ESG and DEI, I have been part of the top management team in each in-house role, enabling, guiding and protecting organizations in fast paced, dynamic and progressivley complex business and regulatory environments. I have embellished experiential learning on the job with structured academic programs from reputed educational institutions to stay abreast, whet curiousity and develop mental wherewithal to connect the dots between the different lifelines within an organization with the ultimate objective of adding value, both to the organization and its ecosystem. I have set up, developed and mentored strong teams, helped organizations develop the legal and regulatory backbone to support scaling up, created blueprints for regulatory advocacy, improving processes and leveraging technology to deliver fast, sound and robust solutions, with an accent on anticipating stakeholders’ needs, partnering and collaborating with business seamlessly, and executing flawlessly. I have received positive feedback on being a tall people leader, possessing gravitas, executive presence, cultural navigability, an ability to thrive in matrixed structures, building strong relationships, and having a sense of humour! Professionally, I have dual qualification : India and UK (eligible to be enrolled as a Solicitor in England and Wales). I have been a Director on Boards, am enrolled in the data base of Independent Directors in India possessing the requisite certificate of proficiency, and am a life member of the Institute of Directors (IOD). In the midst of all of this, I also found time to run sixteen half marathons, travel, spend quality time with family, and network.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned legal expert in Financial Services and Technology sectors.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 29 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Compliance
- Corporate Governance
- Litigation
- Government Relations
- Contract Negotiation
Career Highlights
- Seasoned General Counsel with 30 years of experience.
- Expert in corporate governance and compliance.
- Dual qualified in India and the UK.
Work Experience
Hyundai Motor India Ltd.
Chief Legal Officer (1 yr 6 mos)
Bajaj Auto Ltd
General Counsel (1 yr 5 mos)
Max Life Insurance Company Limited
Director & Head - Legal, Compliance & Regulatory (8 yrs 9 mos)
Yahoo
Senior Legal Director, General Counsel and Head of Government Relations India (7 yrs 1 mo)
sapient
Director Legal & India Legal Head (2 yrs 11 mos)
Kochhar & Co, Advocates and Legal consultants
Senior Associate (3 yrs)
Morgan & Walker, Solicitors, London
Chevening Scholarship Placement (2 mos)
PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE
Advocate (2 yrs 1 mo)
A.Y. CHITALE & ASSOCIATES
Senior Associate (5 mos)
A.S. CHANDHIOK & ASSOCIATES
Senior Associate (1 yr 2 mos)
vaish associates, advocates
Associate (1 yr 5 mos)
Education
LL.B at Delhi University
Senior Executive Development Program at XLRI - VIL Programs
International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management at Institute of Risk Management
Post Graduate Certificate in Finance at XLRI - VIL Programs
Certificate Course at College of Law of England and Wales, York
MA at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
BA (Hons) at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
AISSCE at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi
AISSE at St. Xavier's School, Hazaribag
