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Italy 2016

Stefan De Jonghe

senior counsel – markets EMEA | Whirlpool

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Stefan De Jonghe

senior counsel – markets EMEA | Whirlpool

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‘The most challenging aspect of my role has been to make the business people understand that lawyers are not just “contract checkers” or “letter writers”, but can contribute actively and pro-actively to the realisation of business and strategic goals’, articulates Stefan De Jonghe, senior counsel at Whirlpool Europe. De Jonghe became senior counsel in 2006 and has increasingly supported the commercial side of the business of marketing and sales. Under his supervision the team of 17 employees has become better integrated in the company, with each of his reports becoming a part of the management team for the market they support. ‘This allows my team to convey great authority. It also grants an easy access to senior management, who are always willing to endorse legal initiatives and make sure they get followed up on’, De Jonghe explains. In addition, over the past year De Jonge has contributed to the enhancement of the compliance programmes throughout the region. Before his promotion to senior counsel, De Jonghe spent five years as a legal counsel at Whirlpool and prior to that worked for two years at Siemens in Brussels. He started his career in private practice, spending nearly half of a decade at Stibbe in the Belgian capital.

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