About

As the world’s largest oil company’s legal head, managing a 150-strong global team, David Kultgen remains one of the region’s best known and most respected general counsels. In-keeping with the enormity of his role, Kultgen has been working on a structured transformational program of similarly vast proportions, since 2011. Its extensive measures have included doubling lawyer-headcount, devising eight specialist streams and creating paralegal and administration units, and an HR function. Kultgen has also assisted in establishing marketing support offices worldwide. Working closely with the CEO and the Board, he sits on the company’s strategy council and several corporate-level committees.